LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Development of the Lifeboat from Page 58
from page 58 no doubt be true to say that this fourth period—say the last 20 to 25 years— has seen the greatest and most far reaching changes in the history of the RNLI.
These changes include the advent of the small...
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Al Rosanjo
THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Dover lifeboat station received a call from HM Coastguard at 1649 on Saturday May 12, 1979, telling him that a motor boat had been reported aground but that the sighting was being checked. Just over an hour later,...
Contents
PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN 2 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 3 AWARDS FOR "CALCULATED COURAGE" 5 RESCUE DURING CONVALESCENCE 6 MEDAL FOR RESCUE FROM FISHING VESSEL . . . . . . . . . . J RESCUE OF MAN CUT OFF BY TIDE 9 ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY AWARD 9...
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Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management
Launches 107. Lives rescued 38.
September Meeting.
Stromness, Orkney.—On the 24th June the steam trawler Braemar, of Aberdeen, homeward bound from fishing, ran ashore on the north side of Birsay in a...
Category: Services
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Rachel and Tim Clifford,
Rachel and Tim Clifford, from just outside Killarney in the Republic of Ireland, decorated their house and garden with over 20,000 lights for Christmas 2000, raising a staggering f 7,000 for the RNLI.
The couple's... - View image in PDF
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Livonia and Bon Espoir
Selsey, Sussex.—On the morning of the 18th July the coastguard reported a small steamer in distress about eight miles in a north-westerly direction from Selsey look-out. Half a gale was blowing from the S.W., and the sea was rough. The motor...
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The Best Essay
By RITA DAPHNE HARDING (aged 11), The Colville Junior Girls' School, Lonsdale Road, Netting Hill, London, W.ll.
I STOOD watching a strong weatherbeaten tisherman haul baskets of crabs over the side of his boat, on to...
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Lymington Branch
Lymington branch had another very successful day at Beattlieu Boat Jumble on Sunday April 4, with a total turnover of £1,886. This year, one section of the stall was devoted to 'Bits from Famous Boats', which included a... - View image in PDF
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