LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. Fig. 2 the " plan " or deck view. Fig....
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Flood Tide
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, At 8.35 on the morning of the 4th of October, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small fishing boat had run ashore a mile and a half north of Orfordness lighthouse. Ten minutes later the coastguard...
(Below) Port Isaac's New D Class Ilb Was Dedicated on Easter Sunday By the Vicar of Port Isaac the Reverend F J W Maddock She Was the Gift of Cornwall and Is
(Below) Port Isaac's new D Class ILB was dedicated on Easter Sunday by the Vicar of Port Isaac, The Reverend F. J. W. Maddock. She was the gift of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Round Tables and was presented by their area chairman. John... - View image in PDF
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The Shrimp Trawler Young Robert
GORLESTON.—Two runaway apprentices, belonging to Ramsgate vessels, put to sea in the shrimp trawler Young Robert, of Yarmouth, intending to proceed to Grimsby, early on the morning of the 16th March. The weather was thick, with rain, the...
The Royal Naval Exhibition, 1891
THE series of Exhibitions held in London during the last few years would certainly have been incomplete without one to illustrate the history, development and progress of the Navy. Such an under- taking could not fail to enlist public...
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The Sailing Boat Avec Nom
Margate, Kent.—At 2.50 on the after- noon of the 1st of April, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that he had received a message from Kingsgate that two men in a sailing boat three quarters of a mile off Joss Bay were waving an oar. At three...
The Fishguard Crew In London
AT the Annual Meeting of the Gov- ernors of THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on Thursday, the 28th April, Coxswain Howells and the crew of the Fishguard Life-boat were presented by the Prince...
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Feature View from the Cockpit
Where do search and rescue helicopters go when they're not saving lives? James Ferguson hitches a ride with RAF Lossiemouth to find out.British military helicopters and RNLI lifeboats have been working together for over 50 years, with...
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Treatment of the Apparently Drowned
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
Supported solely ty Voluntary Contributions.
DIRECTIONS FOR RESTORING THE APPARENTLY DROWNED.
THE leading principles of the following Directions...
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(Right) the Divisional Inspector of Lifeboats Is Responsible for the Efficient Operation of Lifeboats In His Area and Carries Out Frequent Exercises With His Coxswains and Cre
(Right) The divisional inspector of lifeboats is responsible for the efficient operation of lifeboats in his area and carries out frequent exercises with his coxswains and crews. He works in close co-operation with the district engineer, who... - View image in PDF
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