LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Feature: Heart of the Matter
There was a buzz in the Barbican on 19 May 2005 as RNLI Governors, crew, fundraisers and other supporters gathered for a day of reflection and celebration RNLI core supporters came from all corners of the UK and the Republic of Ireland to...
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Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part Xii—Trials
THROUGHOUT HER BUILDING a lifeboat is under the regular scrutiny of the RNLI's own hull, machinery and electronics overseers; she also receives periodic visits by Lloyd's Register of Shipping surveyors and an exceptionally high...
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Maritime Buoyage System A (1)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIGHTHOUSE AUTHORITIES Maritime Buoyage System A A COMBINED CARDINAL AND LATERAL SYSTEM, RED TO PORT To be introduced in North West European and many other waters by stages, starting April 1977 FROM APRIL NEXT...
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A Ship Annie E Hooper, of Baltimore U.S
On the 20th October the Lytham life-boat again rendered a very important service. The American ship Annie E. Hooper, of Balti- more, U.S., 1,140 tons burden, with a crew of 18 men, and a cargo of wheat, flour, and tobacco, stranded on the...
The S.S. Hopelyn
The Service to the S.S. "Hopelyn." By Commander £. S. CARVER, R.D., R.N.R., Inspector of Life-boats for the Eastern District.
ON Friday, 20th October, at about 11 A.M., I arrived at the harbour at Gorleston....
Charities and Charity Law
THERE was a lengthy debate in July ir/thejHouse of Lords on Charities and Charity Law initiated by Lord Beaumont of Whitley. The following are a few excerpts from various speeches which may be useful for guidance and for quotation where...
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A Greek Steamer
AUGUST 2 6TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.
DONEGAL. A Greek steamer which had apparently been torpedoed was drifting about three miles out at sea, but she had been abandoned by her crew and was too large for the life-boat to attempt to...
The 1952 Christmas Card In Black and White
From a drawing by John Hart (See page 406).
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DECK MACHINERY
PROBLEM: The kit onboard a fishing vessel is expensive, and many crews ‘make do’, mend, or replace their broken machinery with kit that’s not always in line with modern safety standards. On top of that, crew training isn’t always as...
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Effecting Communication With Stranded Vessels
THE mortar and rocket apparatus around the coasts of the United Kingdom, as stated in an early number of this Journal, is for the most part under the charge of the Coast- guard, who have frequently performed in- valuable services with it,...
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