LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shoreline Section
BY the first week in February, we passed the 1,000th registration of members subscribing direct to Life-boat House, and since the Shoreline Scheme was started on 31st October, 1972, we have received over £12,000 from subscriptions and...
Category: Articles
The Last Survivor
JOHN HUBBARD, of Caister, who died on the 24th February, was the last sur- vivor of the crew of the Caister pulling and sailing life-boat which was driven back on the breakers on Caister beach, when on her way to a ship in distress, in a...
Category: Obituaries
Bon Chance
ISLAND SEARCH Southeiid-on-Sea, Essex. At 1.58 a.m.
on lyth February, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man had gone to repair his boat moored off Two Tree Island and had not returned.
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In the Office and An Opportunity for Some Forward Planning With Philip Crafer (R) Honorary Secretary North West Bournemouth Branch and Ados Gifford Hosting
In the office, and an opportunity for some forward planning with Philip Crafer (r.), honorary secretary, North West Bournemouth branch, and ADOS Gifford Hosting …. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Building of Life-Boats
WE think that the public will be inter- ested to learn something of the way in which the Institution deals with one of the most important branches of the great life-saving work entrusted to it. Few except technicaJ experts can fully realize...
Category: Articles
Spotter's Guide
Part two of our definitive guide to all operational RNLI lifeboat classes. This issue we bring you the inshore fleet and the Institution's only intermediate class… Brede Introduced In 1982, the Brede, although an Intermediate class...
Category: Articles
Fair Exchange?
THE Institution recently advertised for sale the motor life-boat at Maryport which has now been replaced by a new motor life-boat. One prospective pur- chaser rang up to say that he would like the boat but had not the money to pay for her....
Category: Articles
Duke of Westminster
BRIGHSTONE GRANGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.— The Worcester Cadet Life-boat was launched at 8.20 P.M. on the 3rd January, 1884, signal guns of distress having been heard in the direction of the " Atherfield Ledge" rocks during a thick fog and...
Beaufort (Air-Sea) Equipment Ltd
Three inflated claims fora Beaufort boat It won't sink Famous last words, we know, but then our design's a bit different from an ordinary boat. For a start there are separate buoyancy chambers.
Even if the...
Category: Advertisement
Mermaid Marine Engines Limited
engines Vere complete reliability under arduous conditions is essential to human life,the RNLI specify MERMAID marine engines.
MERMAID quality and reliability is also specified by Boatbuilders worldwide who take pride in...
Category: Advertisement