LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Wreck Register and Chart for 1864
IN the face of the gratifying fact that our commerce is year by year expanding itself by many thousands of tons of shipping, it is a lamentable and mortifying truth, that the advance of our science and skill does not keep pace with this...
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70' Clyde Class a Trawler Type Lifeboat Designed to Lie Offshore In Such Exposed Waters As the Bristol Channel and the Orkneys and to Be Able to Remain at Sea for Long
70' Clyde class, a trawler type lifeboat designed to lie offshore in such exposed waters as the Bristol Channel and the Orkneys, and to be able to remain at sea for long periods, if necessary, without refuelling. 70-003, on show at... - View image in PDF
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Dinner to the Ramsgate Life-Boatmen
THE late Admiral Sir George Back, F.B.S., who had been accustomed during the latter part of his life to spend a portion of each year at Ramsgate, had at different times given a dinner to the crew of the Life-boat, to show his appreciation of...
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Great Yarmouth Flag Day Last Summer Achieved a Record of Over £3000 Paul Daniels Star of 'summer Magic' at the Britannia Pier Helped Sell Souvenirs Nonstop for Two Hours Bringing the Sale
Great Yarmouth flag day last summer achieved a record of over £3,000. Paul Daniels, star of 'Summer Magic', at the Britannia Pier, helped sell souvenirs nonstop for two hours, bringing the sale for the day to... - View image in PDF
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The Last Meeting Between the Duke of Kent President of the Rnli from 1936 and the Lifeboat Service Was at Plymouth Guildhall on July 11 1942 Just Seven Weeks Bef
The last meeting between the Duke of Kent, President of the KNLIfrom 1936, and the lifeboat service was at Plymouth Guildhall on July 11, 1942, just seven weeks before his death in an air accident.. - View image in PDF
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The Eighth Rnli Lottery Draw In Full Swing: As John Piper Hands One Winning Ticket to Joyce Pearce Who Organises the Lottery at Poole Hq Fred Williams Appeals Office Supervisor Spins the Dru
The eighth RNLI lottery draw in full swing: as John Piper hands one winning ticket to Joyce Pearce, who organises the lottery at Poole HQ, Fred Williams, appeals office supervisor, spins the drum ready for the next lucky dip. Cdr. Ted... - View image in PDF
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Bather in difficulty HUMBER COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Mablethorpe lifeboat station at 1634 on Friday August 19, 1983, that a bather was in difficulty at Theddlethorpe, about three miles to the north of the station....
Lowestoft: at 0625 on Tuesday August 14 1979 the Morning of the Fastnet Storm Lowestoft's 47Ft Watson Lifeboat Frederick Edward Crick Launched on Service to Escort the Dutch Yacht Lutjew
Lowestoft: At 0625 on Tuesday August 14, 1979, the morning of the Fastnet Storm, Lowestoft's 47ft Watson lifeboat Frederick Edward Crick launched on service to escort the Dutch yacht Lutjewald, in difficulties in rough seas and a... - View image in PDF
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Lifeboat Services
Trent class 14-02 Esme Anderson KwCrew Coxswain/Mechanic Ron Cannon Emergency Mechanic timothy Hurst Crew Member Lance Oram Medal Service Certificate Crew Members: Alan Bray Ian Cannon Christopher Andrews Raymond Noble James Barth Brett...
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From the Director
Printing deadlines mean that I have to write my annual message in mid-October - a convenient time on this occasion because I have just returned from two visits which, in their separate ways, confirmed that the RNLI is buoyant and in good...
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