LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
People and Places
C ratty Draw Members of the Craft Club drew the winning tickets of the RNLI's 57th National Lottery at Headquarters on 30 April.
The Club ('Can't Remember A Flipping Thing') was founded by Jim Marsham and...
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People and Places
Stirling Whorlow QBE Stirling Whorlow QBE, the secretary of the Institution for eight years from 1961 to 1969 died at his home in Spain on 2 October 1988.
One of his colleagues from the RNLI at the time writes: 'It is...
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Major-General R H Farrant Cb Chairman of the Institution
In a lifetime of sailing and the sea, participation and service have gone hand in hand.7 have always been interested in boats that would go faster than their wave length speed . . .'FOR MAJOR-GENERAL RALPH FARRANT a constant search for...
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Yachting & Boating
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Girvan: the 33Ft Brede Lifeboat Philip Vaux at Her Naming on June 25
Girvan: The 33ft Brede lifeboat Philip Vaux at her naming on June 25.. - View image in PDF
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Shoreline
THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS submitted to the Institution's governors at the Royal Festival Hall in London on May 15 showed that Shoreline had contributed £934,400 to the RNLI's funds in 1983, an increase of more than £165,000. At...
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Douglas
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Sunday January 26, 1986: a woman had suffered a suspected heart attack aboard the Belfast to Liverpool ferry, St Colum I. At 0313 Douglas lifeboat, the 46ft 9in Watson class, R. A. Colby Cubbin No 1, launched with the... - View image in PDF
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Landing Craft (G)110
DECEMBER 24TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. About 1.45 in the afternoon information was received through the signal station that landing craft (G)110 had been in collision and was sinking near the gate vessel. The weather was foggy, with a light...
Panachrandos
OC T . 1 9 T H . - WALMER, KENT. At 5.50 P.M. a message was received from a doctor that the senior naval officer, Ramsgate, wished him to go out to the Greek steamer Panachrandos A strong N.N.E.
wind was blowing, with a...
The Converted Naval Pinnace Doris
Night search TWO RED FLARES sighted by the Coastguards at Gorleston and Happisburgh at 0259 on Sunday, October 21, 1973, were reported to the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston honorary secretary. Some ten minutes later Khami, one of the first of...