LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services by Shore-Boats (5)
SIDMOUTH, DEVONSHIRE. At about 8.40 P.M. on the 22nd March, 1939, an aeroplane came down in the sea off Sidmouth. A westerly wind was blowing with gusts at thirty miles an hour and sleet showers. The sea was choppy. The Exmouth life-boat,...
Category: Services
B.E.M. for Scottish Coxswain.
Coxswain James Thomson, of Campbeltown, Argyllshire, has won both the Institution's silver medal and the British Empire Medal for rescuing the crew of a steamer in the blizzard which swept the west coast ot Scotland in the middle of...
Category: Articles
Bronze Medal for Campbeltown
On the night of March l6th, an American steamer, "Byron Darnton" went ashore on Sanda Island off the Mull of Kintyre. There the Campbeltown lite-boat found her next morning among the rocks. The life-boat had two men ot the island...
Category: Articles
Pathfinder
NO CASINOS.
NO DISCOS.
NO FANCY DRESS PARTIES.
NO MORE THAN 10 PASSENGERS.
PRESENTING THE Pl&FECT VOYAGE TO SOUPH-ATOICA r/: oin us on a leisurely 16 day voyage to...
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The Life-Boat
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by Ti feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the air-eases, which give extra buoyancy...
Category: Articles
Mla Unit Trust Management
ML A INTERNATIONAL TRUST A truly international spread which has grown 54.4% in 12 months MLA International Trust takes a broad international view of investing for growth - and has notched up a gain of 54.4% in its offer price in the 12...
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Feature the Caister Life-Boat Disaster
Thankfully, lifeboat disasters are rare. Lifeboats are designed to withstand the very worst conditions and on occasions in recent years many crews have had cause to be grateful to the self-righting capability of modern lifeboats. The sea is...
Category: Articles
Rentokil
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Including, we're pleased to say, many R.N.L.I. stations.
We are proud...
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A Fishing Coble (1)
SEPTEMBER 1ST. - SEAHAM, DURHAM.
A fishing coble’s engine had broken down, but she was towed into Hartlepool by another fishing boat. - Rewards, £7 1s..
Wolverhampton Branch Members Did a Roaring Trade In Top Hats (And Could Have Sold a Great Many More) at Their Third Annual Nearly New Shop Last Autumn In a Fortni
Wolverhampton branch members did a roaring trade in top hats (and could have sold a great many more) at their third annual nearly new shop last autumn. In a fortnight £2,070 was added to branch funds. (I. to r.) Joan Timmins, Greta... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs