LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Navy Entertains Life-Boatmen
WHEN the Yarmouth, Isle of Wight life-boat went to the help of the schooner Lamorna, on the 4th of November, 1951, and rescued her crew of fourteen (as described on page 308), H.M.S. Redpole, which had had the Lamorna in tow, was standing by...
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H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, K.G. (1)
Left to right: Mr. Ernest Brown, Minister of Labour, H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, Coxswain H. A. Griggs (Hythe), Mr. F C. Sanders (bowman at Torbay), Coxswain William Mogridge (Torbay).. - View image in PDF
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Above: Some of the 80 Guests Arriving
Above: Some of the 80 guests arriving for the gala performance of 'The Merry Widow' at Holland Park in Kensington on 27 June 2001.. - View image in PDF
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Five Years and Six Months of War
Since the war began our life-boats have rescued 6,272 lives. That is more lives rescued in five years and six months of war than in the last seventeen years of peace..
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer at Gorleston
A visit in December, 1938 With Sir John Simon are Coxswain Charles A. Johnson, on his left, and officials of the branch. - View image in PDF
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The Duke of Atholl, a deputy chairman of the RNLI, visited six lifeboat stations in the south west of England on January 14 and 15:
The Duke of Atholl, a deputy chairman of the RNLI, visited six lifeboat stations in the south west of England on January 14 and 15: Salcomhe, Torhay, Exmonth, Lyme Regis, Swanage and Poole. He aha took part in fund raising discussions and is... - View image in PDF
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Pupils of the Marlpool First School
Pupils of The Marlpool First School in Kidderminster held a lifeboat thanksgiving service in October which raised £329. The children were all involved in the preparations for the service, including building this magnificent model Brede... - View image in PDF
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Freemen of the Sea, By Dora Walker
Freemen of the Sea, by Dora Walker (A. Brown & Sons, Ltd., B.C. 1. 10/6) Miss DORA WALKER, who is president of the Whitby Ladies' Life-boat Guild, has written a charming anecdotal book about the seafarers of Whitby; a series of...
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"Storm Warriors of the Suffolk Coast."
Storm Warriors of the Suffolk Coast, by Ernest Read Cooper, F.S.A. (" Suf- folk Coast"). With a Foreword by the Secretary of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. Heath Granton, Ltd. : 3s. Qd.
MAJOR COOPER has...
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A Schooner Elizabeth Davy, of Goole
On the 25th Sept., the schooner Elizabeth Davy, ofGoole, was observed in a dismasted state, running for the shore in tow of the Polperro, diving boat. She had a very narrow escape of striking the rocks east of Looe Island. The life-boat...