LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Formby Lifeboat Station 1776-1919 By Barbara and Reginald Yorke
UNTIL RECENT TIMES the approaches to the Port of Liverpool were quite hazardous. The difficulties stemmed from the fact that seaward of the northern extremity of the Wirral peninsula the estuary suddenly opens out to become very shallow for...
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La Belle Dame
ST HELIER, JERSEY, August 23, 1987: the 44ft Waveney class lifeboat Thomas James King takes in tow the 48ft cabin cruiser La Belle Dame after a MAYDAY alert, when the Shoreham-based vessel hit the Hinguette reef at 1418 and began to sink....
Feature: from Rookie to Rescuer
To become a fully competent lifesaver, crew members need to develop a wide range of skills. The RNLI has developed a Competence Based Training system that helps crew members acquire these skills and maintain them through lifeboat station...
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HMS Challenger
FAI.MOUTH, NOVEMBER 15, 1987: harnessed into a helicopter strop, WEM J R Stevenson is lowered gently from the boat davit of his ship HMS Challenger to the deck of Falmouth's 52ft Arun class relief lifeboat Ralph and Bonella Farrant after...
Fiskars Boatyard
New range of lifeboats from Fiskars Extremely high quality at sensible prices.
F-quality reduces maintenance costs to the minimum. Designed to comply with the revised SOLAS 1974 Amendments 1983 Chapter...
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An Airliner (1)
Fenit, Co. Kerry, and Galway Bay, Co.
Galway.—In the early morning of the 15th of August, 1949, an air liner from Rome, calling at Shannon Airport on its way to America, made a forced landing on the sea west of Kilkee in...
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(Left) the Local Lifeboat Entry for the Cavalcade Which Opened Alderney Week 1977 Mrs N J Allen Leads the Rnli Team In Alderney Which With An Island Population
(Left) The local lifeboat entry for the cavalcade which opened Alderney Week 1977. Mrs N. J. Allen leads the RNLI team in Alderney, which, with an island population of about 1,750, has contributed £4,340 to Guernsey branch funds over... - View image in PDF
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Right: Up to the Middle 1930S Families 'sailed' In This Way to Kilnsea for a Spot of Relaxation By Courtesy of 'sun' 'Yorkshire Post' and Topical Press Agency
Right: Up to the middle 1930s families 'sailed' in this way to Kilnsea for a spot of relaxation. - View image in PDF
by courtesy of 'Sun', 'Yorkshire Post' and Topical Press Agency. - View image in PDF
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National Sponsored Swim 197Ii72 Made £20286 for Rnli Funds on May 10 Norman Crumble Chairman Cac Presented a Plaque to Ernest Warrington MBE
National sponsored swim 197II72 made £20,286for RNLl funds. On May 10 Norman Crumble, chairman CAC, presented a plaque to Ernest Warrington, MBE, president ASA, in gratitude for the generous support of the Amateur Swimming Association... - View image in PDF
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