LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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The Life-Boat
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. . Fig. 2 the " plan " or deck view....
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Linda Grainger Operating One of the Two Visual Display Units Linking Shoreline Office Directly to the Cmc Computer at Croydon In Which Membership Details Are Recorde
Linda Grainger operating one of the two visual display units linking Shoreline office directly to the CMC computer at Croydon in which membership details are recorded. The link represents a considerable saving for the RNLI in labour, postage... - View image in PDF
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(Right) Seen from the Air the Piers at the Entrance to Shoreham Harbour
(Right) Seen from the air the piers at the entrance to Shoreham Harbour shows the development of the port over the years. - View image in PDF
The lifeboat station is circled.. - View image in PDF
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The Arklow Lightvessel
Arldow, Co. Wicklow. At 10.25 a-mon I3th September, 1964, an official of the Irish Lights Office telephoned the honorary secretary to request that the master of the Arklow lightvessel be brought ashore to see his mother, who was dangerously...
Above the Real Thing
Above. The real thing - visitors wait their turn to board the Arun class Duke of Atho/l.. - View image in PDF
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Wick Pick the Winners
Coxswain Walter McPhee and crew members of Wick lifeboat picked the winning tickets in the 76th RNLI lifeboat lottery.. - View image in PDF
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News from the Branches
ON account of the simultaneous pub- lication with this issue of a special Cen- tenary Number, and our intention to publish in the next issue, wh;ch will appear in November, an illustrated!supplement, with an account of the various Centenary...
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The Merry Cobbler:
The merry cobbler: Fakenham shoe mender Chris Thomas, who is also a member of the re-formed Fakenham and District branch, dressed his mechanical shoe-mending dummy in lifeboatman's gear to attract attention during the town's flag... - View image in PDF
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Grim But Glorious: the Days of Oar and Sail By Ray Kipling Public Relations Officer Rnli
WRITING ABOUT LIFEBOATS JS HCVer easy.
To many people, every lifeboat rescue is an act of heroism, carried out in a tortuous battle against the elements; to lifeboatmen, even the worst conditions are modestly played down...
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