LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
To Give His Mg
To give his MG. TC, the bodvwork of which he had been re-building, a 'jolly good thrudging', Bob Shaw suggested a run from John O Groats to Land's End in aid of the lifeboats; Ian Horsefield said he would go along as second... - View image in PDF
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Latch & Batchelor Ltd
STAINLESS STEEL ROPE FOR RIGGING NOMINAL DIAMETER STANDING RIGGING RUNNING RIGGING Milli- Inches metres (approx) MINIMUM B R E A K I N G LOAD (LBS) 5, 64" 705 1100 1590 2820 4410 6350 8646 10200 10500 .534 1200 2130 3330 4180 6550 8530...
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Drawing to a Close
A total of £312, 228 has been raised so far from the 1990 promotion in conjunction with Volvo Concessionaires Ltd.
Eight Volvo 340 cars were offered as prizes in raffles throughout the various fund raising regions. The... - View image in PDF
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Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution (continued.)
CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—At about one o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, 1st October, 1882, the brigantine Eugenie Auguste, of Castletown, bound for that port from Runcorn with a cargo of coal, was observed to be labouring heavily and...
Category: Services
A Long Hard Pull: Tug-Of-War Between Redcar (Seen Below) Teesmouth and Runswick Bay Lifeboat Crews Resulted In a Win for Runswick Bay and Helped Raise £637 on Re
A long, hard pull: Tug-of-war between Redcar (seen below), Teesmouth and Runswick Bay lifeboat crews resulted in a win for Runswick Bay and helped raise £637 on Redcar''s lifeboat day.
Photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
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Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths; JULY 1988: John Drew, mechanic of Penlee lifeboat from 1938 to 1970 and assistant mechanic from 1933.
He was awarded a bronze medal in 1947.
NOVEMBER 1988:...
Category: Obituaries
From the Director
Lt Cdr Brian Miles, Director of the RNLI, looks back on 1989 - and forward to a new decade J.t is difficult to believe that a whole year has passed since my last message in the journal. The old adage of time passing ever more quickly as the...
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Window Display Shown During RNLI Observer Exhibition at Rooms Store Upminster June 7 to 22 Upminster Branch Manning a Souvenir Stall Collected £187
Window display shown during RNLIObserver exhibition at Rooms Store, Upminster, June 7 to 22. Upminster branch, manning a souvenir stall, collected £.187.. - View image in PDF
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Bless this boatAs
‘The Cromer lifeboat station has such a great history and we are proud to be carrying it on,’ Paul said afterwards.
‘Although the Lester has been in use for several months and we all know the name, the naming ceremony is...
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Naming the Life-Boat
IN previous issues of this Journal * the building and testing of a Life-boat have been described, and it is proposed in this and ensuing articles to give some account of the further life history of the boat.
The boat being...
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