LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Portrait of a Coxswain
Coxswain Richard Walsh, of the Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford, life-boat—the new 48-foot 6-inch Oakley which is described on page 678. He became bowman in 1938, second coxswain in 1941 and finally coxswain in 1946. Coxswain Walsh was... - View image in PDF
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Contents
Contents Volume XLI1I Number 448 Chairman: COMMANDER F. R. H. SWANN, CBE, RNVR Director and Secretary: CAPTAIN NIGEL DIXON, RN THE YEAR OF THE LIFEBOAT 1824-1974 Lives Saved: 98,523 Notes of the Quarter by the Editor Service of Thanksgiving...
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to Keep Pace With the Racing Boys a Running Commentary from Michael Bentine Who Like Many Other Well-Known Personalities Gave Wonderful Support to the Rnl1 In
. . . To keep pace with the racing boys, a running commentary from Michael Bentine, who, like many other well-known personalities, gave wonderful support to the RNL1 in 'The Year of the Lifeboat'.. - View image in PDF
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Annie Scot, of Arbroath
On the 30th November, the barque Annie Scott, of Arbroath, was stranded during a strong wind and hazy weather on the Cross Sand, off the Norfolk coast. The same life-boat went off and succeeded in saving the vessel's crew of 9 men. They...
February
Launches 34. Lives rescued 55.
FEBRUARY 5 T H . - CROMARTY. At 6.25 A.M. the Burghead coastguard reported distress signals from a vessel aground one mile west of Findhorn, and the motor life-boat James Macfee was launched...
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(Right) Roy Caws of Cowes Base Explains the Finer Points of a D Class Inflatable to a Visitor at Cowes
(Right) Roy Caws of Cowes Base Explains The Finer Points of A D Class Inflatable To A Visitor at Cowes. - View image in PDF
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The Fraserburgh Inquiry
A FORMAL investigation under the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 was held at the Sheriff Court House, Aberdeen, from 5th to 12th October, 1970, into the circumstances attending the capsizing of the Fraserburgh life-boat The Duchess of Kent...
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The Fishwives of Cullercoats.
The annual summer appeal made last year by the fishwives of Cullercoats raised £278. This is the twentieth year of their appeal, and this is the largest sum which the* hare ever raised. The total is now £-2983..
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Oasis, of Liverpool
On January 12th, 1868, a large iron ship, the Oasis, of Liverpool, struck on the rocks west of the Metal Mail, Newtown Head, in a south-easterly gale.
The Cambridge University life-boat, Tom Egan, was launched, and reached...