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Atlantic Watch: Ireland's Western Lifeboat Stations Arranmore Galway Bay and Valentia By Ray Kipling Public Relations Officer Rnli

Date: Autumn 1982

Volume: 48

Issue: 482

'The wind was of hurricane force, with fierce squalls accompanied by snow and sleet and the seas were mountainous.

' ... 'It took two hours to board the lifeboat and three times the boarding boat was driven back...

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Crossword Results

Date: October 1972

Volume: 42

Issue: 441

The prize winners of the July life-boat crossword, which concludes the series, were: 1st, Mrs. L. S. Lamb, Broadway, Worcester, 2nd, W. P. Dobson, Milnthorpe, Westmorland, and 3rd, Mrs. B. R. Ostler, Loughton, Essex.

The...

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John Lee

Date: Winter 1977

Volume: 44

Issue: 459

ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS £45 post paid LIFEBOAT PAINTINGS (ALL TYPES) IN ROUGH SEA, ON CANVAS, SIZE 30" x 24" Satisfaction or money returned Contribution to Lifeboat from each painting John Lee 9 The Esplanade, Weymouth,...

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A Life-Boat Model from the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough

Date: September 1952

Volume: 33

Issue: 362

Lv the spring of 1951 the Arts and Crafts Guild of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, held its annual exhibition. Included in it was a life-boat stall, with pictures of life-boats and a model being built of a 52-feet Barnett...

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Hyannis to Rockland from Page 233

Date: Summer 1981

Volume: 47

Issue: 477

Hyannis to Rockland from page 233 were asked regarding the operation of a voluntary lifeboat service outside Government control. The predominantly shore based role of HM Coastguard was a fact which many of the audience found hard to...

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Super-Quality of Life-Boats. Some Examples from the Recent Gales

Date: February 1928

Volume: 27

Issue: 293

By Captain Howard F. I. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-boats.

IN an article with the above title which appeared in The Lifeboat for February, 1925, I pointed out the reasons why, in material and construction...

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High Stakes

Date: Winter 2009

Volume: 61

Issue: 590

For generations, people have been tombstoning off cliffs. On 22 July last year, five boys ignored warnings and jumped into treacherous waters

Towards the end of a long day’s work on Portreath Beach, Cornwall, Senior...

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The Use of the Lead

Date: January 1856

Volume: 02

Issue: 19

THE great necessity of constantly using the lead or sounding has been recognised from the earliest period in the history of navigation.

In the present day, when so many thousand vessels are engaged in carrying on the...

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Three Fishing Cobles

Date: October 1862

Volume: 05

Issue: 46

In the month of March the Whitburn life-boat was launched to the assistance of the crews of three fish- ing cobles, each with 3 men on board, which were caught in a strong easterly wind, a high surf running on the beach at the time.

Life-Boat Calendar and Christmas Card

Date: October 1939

Volume: 31

Issue: 339

THE LIFE-BOAT Christmas card and the calendar for 1939 will have the above picture reproduced on them in colours.

The picture shows a modern motor life-boat of the Watson type being launched down a slipway. It has been...

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