LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hrh the Duke of Kent Makes His Address Before Presenting the Awards In the Royal Festival Hall.
HRH The Duke of Kent makes his address before presenting the awards in the Royal Festival Hall.. - View image in PDF
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The Greek Cargo Ship Protoklitos
West Mersea and Clacton-on-Sea: The Greek cargo ship Protoklitos was at anchor in the Blackwater Estuary when, on Monday February 7, fire broke out in her engine room and spread to her accommodation. It was a very cold day with a strong...
Left: the Rigid Inflatable Vulture
Left: The rigid inflatable Vulture, which continued in seas of over 15ft and in Gale force conditions to rescue the fishing vessel in difficulty.
Her crew have been awarded the RNLI's Bronze medal for their bravery..<... - View image in PDF
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The Admiralty Motor Yacht Jinty
JUNE 26TH. - MARGATE, KENT. The engine of the Admiralty motor yacht Jinty had broken down and she was dragging her anchor, but her engine started again just as the life-boat was taking her in tow.- Rewards £12 8s..
(Below) Hunstanton: the Scene at Old Hunstanton During the Naming of the Atlantic 21 Spirit of America
(Below) Hunstanton: The scene at Old Hunstanton during the naming of the Atlantic 21 Spirit of America. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
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The View from the Upper Terrace of the Sea City Walls Will As This Artist's Impression Shows Be a Dramatic One In This Vista from the North West Side of the City the Various L
The view from the upper terrace of the sea city walls will, as this artist's impression shows, be a dramatic one.
In this vista from the north west side of the city, the various levels of terraces, with their landscaped... - View image in PDF
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The Arun Class Is the Most Numerous of the RNLI's All-Weather Lifeboats.
The Arun class is the most numerous of the RNLI's all-weather lifeboats.
Designed to lie afloat on a mooring 46 boats were built between 1971 and 1990 for use in every Division.
Although some changes... - View image in PDF
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Every Man to the Boat and Every Woman to the Rope' Used to Be the Cry at Newbiggin and As a Tribute to the Past for the Branch's Harbour Fete In August the Ladies Dr
'Every man to the boat and every woman to the rope' used to be the cry at Newbiggin and, as a tribute to the past, for the branch's harbour fete in August the ladies dressed in traditional fisherwomen's costume. With the help... - View image in PDF
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Shore-Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1904
Jan. 1.—Six fishermen rescued fifteen of the crew of the barque Faulconnier, of Dun- kirk, which was wrecked at Travara, near Courtmacsherry, in hazy weather, a strong E.S.E. wind and rough sea. The men had taken to their boats, but it was...
Category: Articles
Twelve Hours at Night on the Goodwins
ON the night of the 24th of November, 1951, a gale from the west-south-west was blowing across the Goodwin Sands. The seas were very heavy, and the night very dark, with both mist and rain squalls. At 6.48 the coast- guard rang up the Walmer...
Category: Services