LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lt Cdr Brian Miles the Rnli's Director
Cdr Brian Miles, the RNLI's director, is pictured collecting a cheque for £19,443, the result of a competition sponsored by Frizzell Insurance and Financial Services and which appeared in several editions of the Civil Service... - View image in PDF
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Top of the Form: Alton Branch
Top of the form: Alton branch present an annual trophy to the pub in their area which raises the most money for the Institution. Since 1982, the trophy has, each year, gone to the Railway Hotel whose landlord, Max Reitzler, has collected... - View image in PDF
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New Equipment—From the Boat Show
FROM THE BOAT SHOW • Very encouraging it was, at a Boat Show just managing to weather a fuel crisis, to find on display a means of generating power relying on neither oil nor coal. Lucas/C.A.V. Marine were showing a solar battery charger for...
Category: Articles
The Former Chairman of the R.N.L.I. Captain the Hon V M Wyndham-Quin at the Naming Ceremony at Clacton on 23Rd April 1968 of the New Life-Boat Valentine Wyndh
The former Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, at the naming ceremony at Clacton on 23rd April, 1968, of the new life-boat Valentine Wyndham-Quin. On the left is the present Chairman, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Wood,... - View image in PDF
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The Cutter-Rigged Yacht Lalla Rookh
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 9.41 on the 4th of April, 1953, the Wyke Regis coastguard rang up to say that a small yacht was in distress one and a half miles south-east of Portland Bill and was burning flares. At 9.55 the life- boat Milburn, on...
The Motor Speed Boat Flying Spray
SPEED BOAT WITH PROPELLER GONE Ramsgate, Kent.—At 3.45 in the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1947, the coastguard reported a small motor boat in difficulties one mile off Dumpton Gap and a man on board waving a flag.
The...
The One That Didn't Get Away
After opening the annual harbour fete organised by North Sunderland Ladies' guild Brendan Foster received a salmon from young Steven Shell, son of a crew member, and his wife was presented with a bouquet by Nikki Shiel, granddaughter of... - View image in PDF
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The New Lifeboat House A! Lyme Regis
The new lifeboat house a! Lyme Regis was designed from the outset to complement an area of great historical interest - but controversy still ensued... - View image in PDF
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The Private Life-Boat Henry Ramey Upcher
AUGUST l6TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
During the morning the private lifeboat Henry Ramey Upcher went out with about sixty passengers for a pleasure trip.
She was taking part in the local celebrations of the...
The Motor Fishing Boats Laurel and Faithful
DECEMBER 21ST. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE.
At 1.45 in the afternoon the motor fishing boat Laurel put out from St. Abbs to search for another local boat, the motor fishing boat Faithful, which, with a crew of three on board,...