LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mine Host at Amble, When Amble's 44ft Waveney class Margaret Graham launched on 5 December 1989 to act as a safety boat for some RN divers about to explode a war-time mine she also found herself acting as a different kind of mothership -...

Expenditure.

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New Life-boats for the following stations:—On account— Aberdeen, Appledore, Arklow, Barmouth, Barry Dock, Bembridge, Cadgwith, Caister, Cloughey, Dun Laoghaire,...

If you use aluminium, brass copper, phosphor bronze or you can use US! Take it from us, you'll get fast service from RTZ Metals . . . We've got the entire South covered with these three strategically-placed metal...

MARGATE. —At 1 A.M. on the 28th October, during a gale from the E.N.E.

and a very heavy sea, it was reported that a barge was ashore opposite Birchington, and that men could be seen in the rigging.

The...

Cloughey, Donaghadee, and Newcastle, Co. Down, and Port St. Mary, Port Erin, Douglas, and Peel, Isle of Man.—On the 19th November, 1937, the disabled schooner Invermore, of Dublin, was picked up by the Cloughey and Donaghadee life-boats....

Brooke Marine Limited ESTABLISHED 1874 SHIPBUILDERS ENGINEERS AND CONSULTING NAVAL ARCHITECTS Type 50 ft Self-Righting Length overall 50'0" Beam 14'6" Displacement 23.5 tons Fuel Capacity 400 imp. gallons Twin General...

A record number of 2,878 people were rescued as a result of action by H.M.

Coastguards in the 12 months ending 31st March, 1969. This was 379 more than in the previous 12 months. Coastguards took part in 2,444 rescue...

When Douglas and Pamela Smith, owners of the Stromness Hotel in Stromness. got married in November they decided to hold the reception in their own hotel! Already having a plentiful supply of 'candlewick bedspreads, toasters and... - View image in PDF