LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The R.A.F.'s Thanks.
At the end t September the Institution received another letter from the Air Council thanking it for the help which it had given in air-sea rescue work. That help, the Council sai.i had been 'of the greatest value to the Royal Air...
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The Mumbles Lifeboat Appeal
Darren Grainger, 11, is a seasoned fund-raiser. He has run all types of events, including jumble sales, to help charities. His latest effort; a teddy bear's picnic, was for The Mumbles lifeboat appeal. It was held at Treboeth Public Hall... - View image in PDF
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The Southern African Branch.
The Southern African branch has completed its gift of £11,000 to provide a motor life-boat to be named "Field-Marshal and Mrs. Smuts"i and has sent £4,000 towards another £11,000 to provide a second life-boat,...
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News from the Branches. April 1st to June 30th
Greater London.
CARSHALTOX (SURREY).—Whist Drive.
CRANFORD (MIDDLESEX). — Whist Drive.
ELSTREE (HERTFORDSHIRE). —• On 28th June a Garden Party given by Sir Trevor and Lady Dawson at...
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The Barrels Lightvessel (1)
At 10.30 a.m. on 25th May, 1965, the Irish Lights Office informed the honorary secretary that the mother of one of the crew of Barrels lightvessel was dangerously ill, and asked if the life-boat could be launched to bring the man ashore....
The Duke of Northumberland Was the First Steam and the First Steel Lifeboat She Was Built By R and H Green of Blackball and Stationed In Turn at Harwich Holyhead and New Brighton Finally R
The Duke of Northumberland was the first steam, and the first steel, lifeboat. She was built by R. and H. Green of Blackball and stationed in turn at Hanvich. Holyhead and New Brighton, finally returning to Holyhead in 1897. where she... - View image in PDF
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The Western Lightship
JANUARY 7TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
At 9.30 in the evening of the 6th of January the honorary secretary of the life-boat station was asked by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board for the services of the life-boat to...
Cycles at the Ready:
Cycles at the ready: I to r, postman, Mr Semple, Jim Berry, Walton and Frinton lifeboat mechanic, Keith Richardson, assistant mechanic, Coxswain Dennis Finch and chairman of the ladies' guild, Mrs Robertson.. - View image in PDF
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The Water Lily
SMALL BOAT HELPLESS Dungeness, Kent.—At 3.10 in the afternoon of the 6th of July, 1947, the Lade coastguard reported a small boat flying a signal of distress about one and a half miles north-north-east of the coastguard station,...
The Wreck Paperchase
The wreck Paperchase with a gaping hole in the starboard side. - View image in PDF
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