LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
To Readers of the Life-Boat
THE editor of The Life-boat will always be glad to receive from its readers anything which they think it would be of interest to publish concerning the present or the past of the life-boat service..
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The Present Life-Boat House (left) at Ilfracombe Nestles at the Foot of Lantern Hill Where There Is a Fishermen's Chapel Dedicated to St. Nicholas
The present life-boat house (left) at Ilfracombe nestles at the foot of Lantern Hill where there is a fishermen's chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas. The new life-boat L/oyd'j II (right) is launched by tractor over the site of the... - View image in PDF
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(8)—Frank Bloom's Occupation Is Oyster Fishing, Which He Does With Les Wall, a Retired Life-Boatman, In the Backwaters at Walton.
(8)—Frank Bloom's occupation is oyster fishing, which he does with Les Wall, a retired life-boatman, in the backwaters at Walton.. - View image in PDF
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Cheboque, of The Royal Canadian Navy
OCTOBER 11TH - 12TH. THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. The frigate Cheboque, of the Royal Canadian Navy, had been torpedoed in the Atlantic eleven hundred miles away, with the loss of one of her crew of forty-three, and severe damage to her stern...
Above Loading the Rnli's Mercedes
Above. Loading the RNLI's Mercedes road train'. Driver George Dadson demonstrates how an Atlantic 21 can be loaded single-handed with the hydraulic crane.. - View image in PDF
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Jack Gets the Ball Rolling
Crowds gathered to welcome football legend Jack Charlton and his wife Pat at the opening of the Seahouses (North Sunderland) lifeboat fete on Bank Holiday Monday.. - View image in PDF
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Rye Harbour Station Closed In 1928 After the Loss of Mary Stanford and Her Whole Crew of 17 Was Re-Established As An Ilb Station In 1966
Rye Harbour station, closed in 1928 after the loss of Mary Stanford and her whole crew of 17, was re-established as an ILB station in 1966.. - View image in PDF
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The Converted Ship's Boat Ocean Queen
Caister, Norfolk. At 9.20 on the morning of the 16th of August, 1958, two men were seen ashore on Scroby Sands from the boathouse. A small boat was near them. Ten minutes later the men began waving to a passing ship, and it was decided to...
Life-Boats for the Coast of Scotland
THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which has already numerous Lifeboat Stations on the English and Irish Coasts, is desirous to extend its work of usefulness to the Coasts of Scotland, that every part of the United Kingdom may be...
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The American Ship Annie E Hooper
At daylight on the 20th Oc- tober, the American ship, Annie E. Hooper, was first seen to be ashore on the Horse ! Bank, from Southport, distant five miles.
The life-boat there was at once launched, j and after much...