LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Depot Superintendent
Commander E. W. Middleton, V.R.D., R.N.V.R., Superintendent of the Depot since July, 1958, is retiring on 3151 December, 1964. He joined the Institution in 1946. He will be succeeded by Lieutenant E. D. Stogdon, R.N.V.R., inspector of...
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Fig 2 (Above):
On deck and below, every piece of equipment is provided with its own place and with fastenings to keep it secure, even if the lifeboat is capsized. Fig. 2 (above): A drogue lashed down in its housing on the after deck of a Rather, and . .... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fig I: Bilge Keels Port and Starboard Take Weight of Hull So That Mild Steel Ballast Keel Can Be Slid Into Place
Fig. I: Bilge keels, port and starboard, take weight of hull so that mild steel ballast keel can be slid into place.. - View image in PDF
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Yachting & Boating
yachting boating weekly IN EVERY ISSUE All the lotest News which only a Newspaper can bring Best long-read features Superb Colour Pictures Boat & Equipment tests Full Results & Club news' Inland Waterways Pages EVERY WEDNESDAY...
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Stalwart Volunteers from Downend, Kmgswood
Stalwart volunteers from Downend, Kmgswood and district branch give a smile for the camera while selling souvenirs at Bristol harbour regatta in August- Volunteers from South Bristol, Tetbury and Nailsea branches also put in hard work during... - View image in PDF
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Diploma de Voto de Gracias
The Spanish Life-boat Society has presented a certificate—their Diploma de Voto de Gracias—to the coxswains and crews of the Sennen Cove and Penlee life-boats as a token of deep appreciation for their efforts to locate the crew of the...
Category: Awards
The Converted Yacht Thoma II,a Tug and a Fire-Float
OCTOBER 26TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 7.45 in the evening the naval control asked the life-boat coxswain to assemble his crew, as a vessel, somewhere in the east anchorage, was sending out a wireless SOS, and a tug and a fire-float...
The Self-Righting Life-Boat
THE award of the prize of £600 and a gold medal made by her Majesty's Commis- sioners of the INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION for the " best full-sized Life-Boat, fully equipped,...
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An Aeroplane (160)
OCTOBER 2 l ST. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. A British bomber had come down in the sea, and the life-boat found the tail of the machine above water but no sign of the crew of five. Later it was learned that they had been rescued by an...
Wading into the unknown
When a 6-year-old girl died of polio after swimming at a sewage-contaminated beach, her grieving parents sparked a campaign that would leave a lasting public legacy
Caroline Wakefield died...
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