LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tony Vandervell the First Glass Fibre Arun Represented the Rnli Lifeboat Fleet at Helsinki She Will Be Stationed at Weymouth and Is Already at Home In Portland Race Phot
Tony Vandervell, the first glass fibre Arun, represented the RNLI lifeboat fleet at Helsinki. She will be stationed at Weymouth and is already at home in Portland Race.. - View image in PDF
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Arbroath Takes the Trophy
Arbroath crew members returned home triumphant in July after beating 12 other teams, from organisations al) over the north-east of Scotland, in an RNLI challenge fundraising event.. - View image in PDF
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Persevere and the Golden Spray
AUGUST 28TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At mid-day, during an air battle over the sea, a German bomber was seen to crash about three miles E.N.E. of the life-boathouse.
The sea was smooth, with a light easterly wind. The motor...
Accounts of Services by Life-boats (6)
JULY
Launches 47. Lives rescued 31.
JULY 5TH - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 7.20 P .M. the coastguard reported two men were in danger on a-piledriver at Milford-on-Sea. A moderate squally S.S.W. gale was...
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David Cox Joined Wells Lifeboat Crew In 1943 and Was Appointed Coxswain In 1960; He Was Awarded the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum In 1964 and 1973 and the Silver Medal In 1979
David Coxjoined Wells lifeboat crew in 1943 and was appointed coxswain in 1960; he was awarded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum in 1964 and 1973 and the silver medal in 1979.
photograph by courtesy of Peter... - View image in PDF
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Captain Nigel Dixon R.N. Who Becomes Secretary of the RNLI at the End of the Year
Captain Nigel Dixon, R.N., who becomes Secretary of the R.N.L.I, at the end of the year.. - View image in PDF
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The Kish Lightship
Kingstown, Co. Dublin.—The motor life-boat Dunleary -was launched at 3.45 A.M. on the 19th March in answer to distress sigpals from the Kish lightship in Dublin Bay. A moderate to fresh S.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The...
Operator at the Transmitter
On board the Watson cabin motor life-boat at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, fitted with R/T receiving and transmitting sets of the International Marine Radio Company.. - View image in PDF
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On the Needles
The Greek steamer Varcassi, wrecked on January 5th, 1947. The Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, life-boat rescued her crew of thirty-five. (See page 14.). - View image in PDF
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View of the Past:
View of the past: 'Hurry to the Rescue', a watercolour by George Owen dated 1893 and just one of the hundreds of exhibits at Sotheby's maritime exhibition Rule Britannia which runs from January 2 to 29, 1986 (closed January 6).... - View image in PDF
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