LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Homeward Bound
Mike Floyd continues his look at the training of today's lifeboatmen and joins a new Mersey class lifeboat on passage from Poole to her new station There was an air of anticipation, excitement even, when the engine note of our Mersey...
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The Large Volume of the Superstructure of the Mersey Class Pictured Nght
The large volume of the superstructure of the Mersey class, pictured nght. cannoi be pushed any further into the water by the fixed weigh) ol the boat Although completely upside down as [he strops are released it is deaf that the boat is... - View image in PDF
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AUGUST 14TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
A woman bather had got into difficulties, but was drowned, and a motor boat picked up her body. - Rewards, £15 15s..
The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
LVIII. SUNDERLAND.—The Good Templar, 30 feet by 8 feet, 8 oars.
LIX. Ditto.—The Mary, 30i feet by 8J feet, 10 oars.
LX. Ditto.—The Florence Nightingale, 33 feet by 8 feet, 10...
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Books
Books First of the flood By Fred Normandale Published by Bottom End Publishing ISBN 0954368606 Price £11.75 paperback Now Lifeboat Operations Manager at Scarborough, Fred Normandale grew up as part of the fishing community in the...
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Launch from the Beach of Charles Fred Grantham
Launch from the beach of Charles Fred Grantham, Skegness's present 37ft Oakley lifeboat, by carriage and tractor.. - View image in PDF
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Cullercoats: KATHY IS PRIDE OF BRITAIN
In October, RNLI volunteer fundraiser Kathy Blackman was named the ITV Tyne Tees Regional Fundraiser of the Year. Kathy was nominated by a member of Cullercoats lifeboat crew in recognition of her decades
of support. Kathy has...
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Mr Walter Jones a Retired Miner of Nottingham Was So Impressed By the Courage of Lifeboatmen He Saved a Little Each Week from His Pension to Leave to the Bridlington
Mr Walter Jones, a retired miner, of Nottingham, was so impressed by the courage of lifeboatmen he saved a little each week from his pension to leave to the Bridlington lifeboat. It was his favourite holiday resort and he would go nowhere... - View image in PDF
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Penlee Formal Investigation
The findings of the Formal Investigation ordered by the Department of Trade into the loss on December 19, 1981, of the coaster Union Star with her eight people and of Penlee lifeboat Solomon Browne with her crew of eight lifeboatmen. THE...
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