LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Heroic Women of Boulmer
ON the morning of 24th March, a very cold morning, with a heavy sea running, the Boulmer Life-boat was launched to stand by seven returning fishing boats of Craster, which, owing to the heavy seas breaking right across the Bar, would find it...
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Carillion, of Cowes
RACE CASUALTY While the yacht Carillion of Cowes was taking part in the Fastnet race on 5th August, 1971, she struck rocks off the Lizard and was damaged.
At 9.30 p.m. the life-boat Duke of Cornwall (Civil Service JVo. 33)...
Khamsin Being Towed to Safety
Khamsin being towed to safety. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Power Behind Abersoch!
Nine businessmen, all friends and members of South Caernarfon Yacht Club (and fondly known locally as 'The fat boys'), decided to have a bash in aid of the RNL1 at the end of the 1999 sailing season. A dinner dance with auctions,... - View image in PDF
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7. Two Visitors to Cowes Take the Opportunity for a Well-Earned Sit-Down!
1. Two visitors to Cowes take the opportunity for a well-earned sit-down! Photo Bob Kennovtn. - View image in PDF
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Some of the Tower Pier Crew
Some of the Tower Pier crew picture: John Dee. - View image in PDF
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Aberdeen supports Cowes
Aberdeen Asset Management is supporting the Cowes Lifeboat Station appeal, which is raising funds to establish a new site four minutes closer to Solent – the stretch of water between the south coast of England and the Isle of Wight. Aberdeen...
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Left: the Britta Oden
Left: The Britta Oden viewed from the lifeboat I. - View image in PDF
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Wind power in Shetland
The RNLI has installed its first station wind turbine, at Aith, Shetland – the charity’s most northerly lifeboat station. The turbine, a 20kW Westwind unit, was switched on in the Autumn of 2009 and should generate around 40,000kWh a...
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