LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
People and Places
Lifeboatmen pick a winner The 81st RNLI lifeboat lottery was drawn by lifeboat crew members on 30 April at the RNLI depot in Poole. The draw raised over €197,000 and first name out of the drum was Mr C Chestnutt from Worcestershire, who won...
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Maggie Simons (left) Receives A Travelscope Bear For Winning At Deck Quoits
Maggie Simons (left) receives a Travelscope bear for winning at deck quoits. - View image in PDF
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Cash from College
Since its opening in 2004, The Lifeboat College has become firmly established as the home of RNLI training. Crew and lifeguard training is the College’s most important purpose, but it has also been doing a fi ne job fundraising. Last year...
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Their Business In Great Waters. Mr. Louis N. Parker's Life-Boat Play
WHEX the programme for the Royal Life-boat Matinee, at the Lyceum, on the llth December, was being arranged Mr. Louis N. Parker, the author of many plays, and the organiser of some of the most successful historical pageants, was asked if he...
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The Loss of the "Anglo-Saxon."
SCARCELY had the British public had time to fully realize the national loss by the wreck of H.M.S. Orpheus, as narrated in the foregoing pages—scarcely were they made aware that a splendid man-of-war steamer, with her perfect equipment, and...
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(Right): the Atlantic 21
(Right): The Atlantic 21 bedstead type trolley which Aberystwyth crew modified themselves so that it is 'custom built' for their new 17ft 6in twin-engined C class inflatable lifeboat, taking the weight of her keel and... - View image in PDF
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Life-Saving Apparatus at Sea
The following is the text of the report of the committee appointed by the Board of Trade to consider the question of boats, rafts, and life-saving apparatus carried by sea-going merchant ships: — " Liverpool, 25 October,...
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Lifeboat Services March April and May 1982
Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic21: May 3 Abersoch, Gwynedd Relief Atlantic 21: April 10, 11 and May 13 Aberystwyth, Dyfed Relief D class inflatable: April 8 and May 4 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 42ft Beach: March 28 D class inflatable: March 28 Amble,...
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Her Grace Lavinia Duchess of Norfolk Patron of Linlehampton Branch Presented a Silver Statuette to Mr R J C Richards a Former Treasurer of the Branch During Li
Her Grace Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk.
patron of Linlehampton branch, presented a silver statuette to Mr R. J. C. Richards, a former treasurer of the branch, during Littlehampton's lifeboat ball last autumn. With them... - View image in PDF
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A New Fish Quay Development Was the Catalyst for Tynemouth's New Facilities
A new fish quay development was the catalyst for Tynemouth's new facilities. The derelict East Jetty was repiled and re-decked to provide this boathouse and davit for the D class and an afloat berth for the all-weather... - View image in PDF
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