LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of ex-Coxswain Stephen Clayson, of Margate, Kent. He served as second coxswain for over seven years, from 1898 to 1905, and then as coxswain for twenty years, retiring in 1925 at the age of seventy-two. During...
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
ST. ANDREW'S, FIFESHIRE.—A new lifeboat and transporting-carriage have been placed at St. Andrew's, and a Branch of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has been established there. This boat is on the selfrighting plan adopted by the...
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Teasel (2)
Ramsey, Douglas, and Peel, Isle of Man.
•—Just before half past five in the evening of the 6th of January, 1948, the coastguard informed the Ramsey life-boat station that the motor vessel Teasel was six miles east of the...
Fishing smack "Ebenezer" of Lowestoft, after the crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Motor Life-boat, "Agnes Cross."
Fishing smack " Ebenezer " of Lowestoft, after the crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Motor Life-boat, "Agnes Cross.". - View image in PDF
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The Rubbish Band Bang Out the Beats During the After Dark Cabaret Show In Aid of the Lifeboats
The Rubbish Band bang out the beats during the After Dark cabaret show in aid of the Lifeboats. - View image in PDF
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and Model Making: (Above) a Model of the 44Ft Waveney Lifeboat John Fison Stationed
. . . and model making: (above) a model of the 44ft Waveney lifeboat John Fison stationed at Harwich. This model, made by Rodnev Morlock, an Enthusiast from Felixstowe, is scratch built but using a pre-cast GRP hull.. - View image in PDF
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
CAISTER, NORFOLK. — The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION replaced, in October last, its life-boat on this station by a new boat, the old one having become thoroughly worn out, and unfit for further service. The latter life-boat has rendered...
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Mr. Roy Mason, Minister of State (Shipping), Prepared for a Cruise In Blackpool's IRB
Mr. Roy Mason, Minister of State (Shipping), prepared for a cruise in Blackpool's IRB. He went out one morning early, during the Labour Conference, and later spoke enthusiastically of the boat's efficiency.. - View image in PDF
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Sir William Hillary, Bart
AMONG those men distinguished in the annals of their country for their exertions in the cause of humanity in saving life from ship- wreck, the name of Sir WILLIAM HILLARY must always claim a foremost place, not only as having personally...
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Artist Tony Hart of Bbc Tv's 'Vision On' Programme Spent Almost Two Hours Making Lightning Sketches at a Coffee Morning Organised By Guildford Branch In the City's
Artist Tony Hart of BBC TV's 'Vision On' programme spent almost two hours making lightning sketches at a coffee morning organised by Guildford branch in the city's Guildhall last September. The sketches were sold for £1... - View image in PDF
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