LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Rare Postcards Sen! In By Mr F a Fletcher of East Boldon Tyne and Wear Co-Author of Two Books on Exhibitions Show a Lifeboat on Display at the Imperial Services Exhibition at Earls Court
Two rare postcards sen! in by Mr F. A. Fletcher of East Boldon, Tyne and Wear, co-author of two books on exhibitions, show a lifeboat on display at the Imperial Services Exhibition at Earls Court in 1913. The lifeboat was John and Amy, a... - View image in PDF
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Oil on Troubled Waters
It is not wonderful that the reputed power of oil to calm " troubled waters," and to rob the ocean, in its angry moments, of the greater part of its power for evil against men and ships, should have ex- cited a very wide-spread...
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RNLI station at Cowes
The inshore lifeboat station at Cowes, Isle of Wight, joined the RNLI fold on 1 July.
The trustees of the town’s independent lifeboat service, which had been serving the community for 19 years, asked the RNLI to take on...
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Focus on Padstow,,,
ALTHOUGH I had been to Padstow, Cornwall, years ago on holiday, the visit I paid in July this year for the purpose of this article was the first since then, I found, as before, a bustling village in high summer and, some miles way, the...
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Caltex Lisbon
Douglas, Isle of Man. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 23rd October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a message had been received through Anglesey radio that the motor vessel Caltex Lisbon had a seaman on board...
Peggy
JULY 17TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE. At 8.30 in the morning information came from Troon pilot house that a small fishing boat was flying a flag and appeared to have broken down three miles south-west of Troon. At 6.45 the motor life-boat Sir David...
A Rowing Boat (10)
AUGUST 3RD. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. In the afternoon the motor lifeboat Sir Heath Harrison had just returned from an exercise when a telephone message was received from a private resident that a rowing boat, with two women on board,...
Chenonceaux
Cloughey-Portavogie, Co. Down - At 2.55 a.m. on 8th January, 1968, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the French trawler Chenonceaux had gone aground on the rocks at Burial Isle, Birr Point, Co. Down.
The life-boat...
President of Ireland Mary Robinson Enjoys a Trip on Rnlb Mabel Williams With Coxswain Pat Walker (Photo Dermot Desmond)
President of Ireland Mary Robinson enjoys a trip on RNLB Mabel Williams with Coxswain Pat Walker. (Photo Dermot Desmond). - View image in PDF
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The Platform Party After the Life-Boat Naming Ceremony at Kilmore Quay Co Wexford Republic of Ireland on 10th June 1972 By Mrs Brian Lenihan In the Presence Of
The platform party after the life-boat naming ceremony at Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, on 10th June, 1972, by Mrs, Brian Lenihan, in the presence of the Minister for Transport and Power.
A 37-foot Oakley... - View image in PDF
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