LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Margaret, of Lancaster
On the 31st January the brigantine Margaret, of Lancaster, was driven on Dungarvan Bar during a heavy south- easterly gale. The Life-boat went off to her, but could only get within two hun- dred yards of her, for the sea on the bar was so...
Lifeboat Classified
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More Flowers for the Life-Boats
IN the last issue of The Lifeboat mention was made of the substantial sum which the Honorary Secretary at Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton had raised by the sale at the Boathouse of flowers from his garden. Now we have heard from another...
Category: Donations
Our Inland Branches. Huddersfield
HEMMED in on all sides by high hills, and occupying a position in the very heart of the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire, itself a large centre of population engaged in the woollen and cloth trades, is situated the town of...
Category: Articles
Book Reviews
• The first edition of The Small-Boat Skipper's Safety Book by Denny Desoutter (Hollis and Carter, £1.95) was published in 1972. The revised second edition published this year is in the light, no doubt, of after thoughts; but it...
Category: Articles
Contents
CONTENTS Notes of the Quarter by the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Henley Naming Ceremony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 New Rother Class...
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R.N.L.I. Active In Spanish Waters
LAST year the R.N.L.I, sent two of its latest life-boats to Spain, the mission following a visit to this country by a Spanish Red Cross delegation to investigate the structure of the R.N.L.I, and to look at various types of...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Lottery
Summer winners Thank you to all of you who supported the RNLI summer 2005 Lifeboat Lottery, which raised over £470,000.
The first prize, an 18-day Mediterranean cruise, was won by Mr Head from Middlesex....
Category: Articles
Marquis
The Oaister No. 2 Life-boat, the Godsend, was launched at 1 A.M. on the 29th September to the aid of the schooner Marquis, of Anglesea, which had stranded on the north end of the Barber Sand, during a strong wind from the S.S.W. With the...
Harkaway, of Yarmouth
Again, on the morning of the 10th May the cutter Harkaway, of Yarmouth, was lost on the Barber Sands. As it was only blowing a fresh breeze, two ordinary beachmen's boats essayed the task of re- moving the crew, but finding, on nearing...