LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
THE FOURTEENTH International Lifeboat Conference was formally opened by HRH Prince Bertil of Sweden on June 5 in Gothenburg. More than 50 papers on subjects of mutual interest were presented to delegates from 24 lifeboat societies from all...
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Franklin Mint Limited,
THE OFFICIAL RAINBOW TROUT COLLECTOR PENKNIFE Engraved bolster, selectively plated with 22 carat gold, features an intricate portrayal ol the rainbow trout.
Issued in a Collector's Edition.
Handsomely...
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Weston-Super-Mare-D Class
Weston-Super-Mare's new D class lifeboat is dedicated at a ceremony held at the station on 14 October 1989. The boat was largely funded from the proceeds of a Boto-X organised by the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust.
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Sea Rescue Services In Sweden
THE first organisation for rescuing those in danger at sea to come into being in Sweden was established by the Swedish Government in 1854, when a life-boat station was set up in the south of Sweden. The service was under naval control until...
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Six Fishing Cobles
The Life-boat Co-operator No. 1 was launched at 6.30 A.M. on the 24th May, to assist six of the fishing-cobles, which had gone to the fishing-grounds about 2.30. The wind was blowing moderately from E.S.E., but the sea became...
The Great Exhibition of 1851: The Festival of Britain 1951
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 153 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to April 30th, 1952 77,697 The Great Exhibition of 1851: The Festival of Britain 1951 IN 1851 a...
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An Aeroplane (72)
SEPTEMBER 21ST. APPLEDORE, DEVON. An aeroplane was reported to have crashed eight miles north of Hartland Point, and at four in the afternoon the motor life-boat Violet Armstrong was launched. A squally N.W. by W. wind was blowing, with a...
An Aeroplane (24)
JULY 24TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
An aeroplane had fallen into the sea, but her crew of two were rescued by a flying-boat.
- Rewards, £13 5s. 6d..
Mary Woods of Test Branch
How many teddy bears does it take to buy a Neil Robertson stretcher? One hundred! Mary Woods of Test branch knitted and sold 100 teddies and paid for the stretcher now being used at Beaumaris lifeboat station. One obviously satisfied... - View image in PDF
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Notes of the Quarter
In his report on the past year's work at the Annual General Meeting of the Institution, which is given on page 70, Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham- Quin, R.N., the Chairman, described the past year as one of outstanding success in the...
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