LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Barrow to Poole: Log By Alec Moore Assistant Mechanic of Barrow Lifeboat Station
SEPTEMBER 1982 Extracts from the log of Acting Motor Mechanic ALEC MOORE of the delivery trip of the 46ft 9in Watson lifeboat Herbert Leigh at the end of her time as a station boat; she is now in the relief fleet. For the voyage the other...
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Rupert Lifeboat Collector Par Excellence: Captain and Mrs F Wilson's African Grey Parrot Does His Trick of Duty at Their Front Gate Being a Talkative Bird He Is Very Persu
Rupert, lifeboat collector par excellence: Captain and Mrs F. Wilson's African grey parrot does his trick of duty at their front gate. Being a talkative bird, he is very persuasive and in just three weeks last August, collected more than... - View image in PDF
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Trevor England Joined Padstow Lifeboat Crew In 1957 He Became Second Coxswain/Assistant Motor Mechanic In 1970 and Was Appointed Coxswain In 1978 In 1977 He Was Awarded the Silver Me
Trevor England joined Padstow lifeboat crew in 1957, he became second coxswain/assistant motor mechanic in 1970 and was appointed coxswain in 1978. In 1977 he was awarded the silver medal and in 1979 a bar to his silver medal.. - View image in PDF
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150th Anniversaries of Life-Boat Stations
GUERNSEY Colonel A. D. Burnett Brown, Secretary of the Institution, presented a certificate inscribed on vellum to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of a life-boat station at Guernsey, to Sir Thomas Elmhirst, Lieutenant-Governor and...
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A New Experimental Life-Boat With a Glass-Reinforced Plastic Hull and Deck— She Is 40-Foot Long-Was on 15Th January 1969 on View Tothe Press at Newhaven Sussex Her
A new experimental life-boat with a glass-reinforced plastic hull and deck— she is 40-foot long-was on 15th January, 1969, on view tothe press at Newhaven, Sussex. Here the boat, which has a maximum speed of 19 knots and cruising speed of 17... - View image in PDF
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Mountbatten of Burma
ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who was killed in his motor yacht while on holiday last August, will be remembered, as is his wife, the Countess Mountbatten, as a very good friend of the lifeboat...
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During the First Benson and Hedges Fair Isle International Yacht Race, Which Was Mentioned In the Y.L.A. Section In the January Edition, the Crew of the Reserve Life-Boat Hilton Briggs from Kirkwa
During the first Benson and Hedges Fair Isle International Yacht Race, which was mentioned in the Y.L.A. section in the January edition, the crew of the reserve life-boat Hilton Briggs from Kirkwall, exercising in the area, towed two of the... - View image in PDF
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The Queen With (Left) the Chairman of the RNLI Commander F H R Swann OBE RNVR and the Chief Inspector of Life-Boats Lieut-Commander W L G D
Above: The Queen with (left) the Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Commander F. H. R. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R., and the Chief Inspector of Life-boats, Lieut.-Commander W. L. G. Dutton, R.D., R.N.R., aboard The Royal British Jubilee during the naming... - View image in PDF
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When the Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club Held a Life-Boat Weekend at Whitsun Their Two Life-Boat Ladies Were Miss Dianne Walters (Left) and Miss Susan Rout the Girls' Dresse
When the Felixstowe Ferry sailing club held a life-boat weekend at Whitsun their two life-boat ladies were Miss Dianne Walters (left) and Miss Susan Rout. The girls' dresses were bright scarlet, jumpers white with blue lettering on the R... - View image in PDF
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