LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Glamorgan's Gift of Two Life-boats to the Prince of Wales
A SCHEME is on foot to commemorate the safe return of the Prince of Wales from his voyage of 35,000 miles by a presentation from the County of Glamorgan which will at the same time signalise the fact that he is the Pre- sident of THE ROYAL...
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Book Reviews
MR. C. R. BENSTEAD in Shallow Waters (Robert Hale, 21/-), has produced an engaging, lustily written account of almost anything which may happen and has happened in the coastal waters of Britain. His range is extensive.
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The Help of the Cinemas
DURING the autumn of 1924 two films with a special Life-boat interest i were released to the Cinemas. One o f ' them, " Down to the Sea in Ships," is; the cruise of a whaler. Among its scenes are the wreck of one of the boats...
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Vivien Nicholson Ceremoniously Knocks Over the Pile of Pennies Collected for the Lifeboat Service In 1977 at the Jolly Sailor Inn Selby the Pennies Added Up to £189
Vivien Nicholson ceremoniously knocks over the pile of pennies collected for the lifeboat service in 1977 at the Jolly Sailor Inn, Selby. The pennies added up to £.189, and it is the third year running that such a pile has been... - View image in PDF
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By Invitation: Kirkwall's 70 Foot Clyde Class Lifeboat Visits the Faroe Islands
IT IS THE GREAT AMBITION of F0rOya Bjargingarfelag, the Faroese Lifesaving Society, to develop a lifeboat service as an extension to the coast rescue equipment companies it has already established at various strategic points round this...
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The U.S. Steamer Western Farmer Broke In Two After a Collision
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Some of the New Trent Class Can Be Funded By Single Legacies Or Appeals
Some of the new Trent class can be funded by single legacies or appeals - this is Fishguard's Blue Peter VII, funded by the BBC television programme's appeal - but increasingly it is necessary to fund or top-up from the... - View image in PDF
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Colonel the Hon. Harold Robson, T.D., D.L., J.P.
Colonel the Hon. Harold B. Robson, a Vice-President of the Institution, died on 13th October, 1964, at the age of 76. He joined the Committee of Management in 1933 and was elected a Vice-President in 1955. He served on the general purposes...
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Hospital and Pensions for Aged and Disabled Master Mariners and Seamen of the Merchant Navy
A DEPUTATION from the " Shipwrecked Mariners' Society," consisting of several noblemen and gentlemen, headed by his Grace the DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, President of the Society, had an interview yesterday With the President of the...
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The Work of a Life-Boat Inspector
from the service of the Institution in 1920.) THE perfect Inspector of Life-boats should be a man of many parts. First and foremost, he must, of course, be a seaman; but he must add some knowledge of the art of the boatbuilder in order...
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