LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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JUNE 3RD. - WALTON AND FRINTON ESSEX. About six in the evening the coastguard telephoned that a motor cruiser was missing from her moorings at Bradwell-on- Sea, and that a cruiser had been reported not under control in the Wallet to the...
Squib II
At 3.40 P.M.
on the 19th May a telephone message was received at the pierhead from Canvey "Island that the small yacht Squib II, of Westcliff, had capsized about half a mile from the shore. Her crew of two were...
The Use of a Line Thrown to Wrecked Vessels from the Shore
IT is a commonly-received opinion, that if a line can only be thrown over a stranded vessel, the salvation of those on board her is almost secured. It seems to be presumed that those at either end of this slender com- munication, after...
Category: Articles
New Films Available
Three new films are now available to branches. All are in colour and 16 m.m.
sound.
One of the new films. From Baltimore to Littlehampton, which runs for 12 minutes, tells the story of how the 44-foot...
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News
Your guide to what’s been going on in the world of the RNLI
SAVE THE DATE: AGM 2019
Our annual general meeting (AGM) will be held at Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in London on Thursday 25 July. It’s open to...
Category: Articles
A Sailing Dinghy
Four rescued ON THURSDAY April 8, the honorary secretary of St Ives lifeboat station was down at the boathouse in the late afternoon when, at 1628, he saw a 16ft sailing dinghy leave harbour with two young men and two youths on...
Letters
First in the world I was most interested to read the article on Lionel Lukin in the summer number of THE LIFEBOAT. I see that the author is a member of the Hythe branch of the RNLI. If he has not already read the article on Lionel Lukin...
Category: Correspondence
Here and There
A YACHT RACE which never finished because there was not enough wind has brought five krugerrands, with a value of over £1,000, for the RNLI. Peter de Savary, chairman of the British syndicate entering the yacht Victory in the 1983...
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The Duke of Atholl, a deputy chairman of the RNLI, visited six lifeboat stations in the south west of England on January 14 and 15:
The Duke of Atholl, a deputy chairman of the RNLI, visited six lifeboat stations in the south west of England on January 14 and 15: Salcomhe, Torhay, Exmonth, Lyme Regis, Swanage and Poole. He aha took part in fund raising discussions and is... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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