LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To TIMOTHY KEOHANE, on his retirement, after serving 23£ years as Coxswain of the Courtmacsherry Life-boat, a Certificate of Service and a Pension.
To CHARLES WM. CONWAY, on his retirement, after serving 5J years as...
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Brookes & Gatehouse Ltd
Over fifty R.N.L.I.
life-boats are now equipped with HECTA echo sounders The HECTA Echo-sounder is designed for indefinite use in open cockpits. Its simple meter-type display provides a very clear indication of depth in...
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Brookes & Gatehouse
ON STAND UF2 BOAT SHOW HECTA echo sounder Model RS obtains the best of both worlds by using the rotating lamp system of display (with bright, everlasting light-emitting diodes) in the instrument case and a meter for the cockpit repeater....
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Brookes & Gatehouse Ltd
Wherever you sail you'll find Brookes & Gatehouse instruments A full complement of Brookes and Gatehouse units comprises: HERON D.F. aerial. HOMER receiver and short-wave converter. HECTA echo sounder. HARRIER combined log and...
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Mouette II
Mudeford, Hampshire. At approximately 1.50 p.m. on nth July, 1965, a boy saw a cabin cruiser capsize off Hengistbury Head. He ran to the nearest telephone at the Mudeford beach office, about half a mile away, and the IRB was launched...
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South Eastern Division Injured climber SWANAGE COASTGUARD requested the launch of Swanage lifeboat at 1710 on Saturday June 16, 1979, to go to the help of a seriously injured cliff climber at Ragged Rocks, some quarter of a mile west of...
The Soviet Trawler Topaz and French Yacht Campscharles
Three nations THE SOVIET TRAWLER Topaz making for a position off Bournemouth with a French yacht, Campscharles, in tow was reported to HM Coastguard Solent RHQ by Lands End RHQ at 0910 on Thursday,October 14,1976. Two survivors aboard the...
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
Obvertt.—An unlaureated head of George the Fourth; beneath, in minute letters, "W. Wyon, Mint; double legend, " Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck."—" George the Fourth, Patron,...
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The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
Obverse.—An unlaureated head of George the Fourth; beneath, in minute letters, W. Wyon, Mint: double legend, " Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck."—" George the Fourth, Patron, 1824."...
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The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
V.—MARGATE.
The Quiver, No. I.
This Life-boat is 34 feet long with 8 feet 3 inches beam, and pulls 10 oars.
A LIFE-BOAT Station was first formed at the town of Margate, under the...
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