LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Focus on . . . Salcombe
The village of Salcombe stands on the west side of the Salcombe Haven, u miles from Dartmouth, and years ago this little Devon port was noted for its trading schooners. The schooners like the clippers of Joseph Conrad's day have gone,...
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Week's Good Cause By Coxswain Derek Scott Bem
ON SUNDAY AUGUST 12 Derek Scott, BEM, coxswain of The Mumbles lifeboat, made an appeal on behalf of the RNLI on BBC Radio 4. The text of the appeal, in response to which more than £11,200 has already been received, is given below:...
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Nina and An Mordros, and Optimist
Busy afternoon for Amble Amble's Waveney class Margaret Graham had a busy afternoon on 14 August, attending three calls in three hours.
She was first launched at 1207 to the fishing boat Nina with ten anglers aboard.<...
Book Reviews
• Published to coincide with the Institution's 150th Anniversary, The Life-boat Service by Oliver Warner (Cassell, London, £4.50) is the authoritative account of the RNLI. Mr Warner has had access to all of its papers, and has...
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Sarah
CEMAES.—On the 14th October, information was conveyed to the coxswain of the Life-boat that a large vessel was ashore on the Middle Mouse Bocks. It was blowing a hurricane from S.W. at the time, accompanied by a very high sea. The Lifeboat...
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When three people’s lives were in danger, off-duty lifeguards knew what to do
At 6pm on 16 August 2011, three lifeguards finishing their day at Porthcothan, Cornwall, advised everyone to leave...
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The Four Tenby Lifeboatmen to Receive Vellums: (I to R) Crew Member Robert James Second Coxswain John John Crew Member Roy Young and Helmsman Den
The four Tenby lifeboatmen to receive vellums: (I to r) Crew Member Robert James, Second Coxswain John John, Crew Member Roy Young and Helmsman Dennis Young. - View image in PDF
photograph hy courtesy of Gareth Davics. - View image in PDF
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In This Issue
In this issue News 2 All the latest from and about the Lifeboats Letters 8 Sailing on through stormy seas 10 Highlights from the Chairman's latest ACM speech Lifeboats in action 14 Includes a Silver Medal-winning service Meet the fleet...
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The Lancashire School's Symphony Orchestra Were Among Passengers Who Had to Be Rescued from the Ferry Winston Churchill When She Ran Aground In Gothenberg Sweden Last Summer Th
The Lancashire School's Symphony Orchestra were among passengers who had to be rescued from the ferry Winston Churchill when she ran aground in Gothenberg, Sweden, last summer. The conductor, Malcolm Doley, is pictured here with the... - View image in PDF
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Trailer Trainer:
Trailer trainer: a caravan fitted out as a classroom to provide lifeboat crews with specialist training in communications, radar plotting and navigation was presented to the RNLI by Dr Ronald Hope, Director of the Marine Society on June 27... - View image in PDF
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