LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boatmen In the Victory March
Twenty-four life-boatmen, from Walton-on-tlae-Naze, Clacton, Margate, Ramsgate, Walmer and Hastings, marched with the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy in the Victory March on June 8th. The life-boats of these six stations rescued 839 lives...
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The Arun Class Ralph and Bonella Farrant
The Arun class Ralph and Bonella Farrant previously in the relief fleet and now on temporary station duty at Fenit - tows the motor cruiser Mayfly into Salcombe after she had broken down off Bolt Tail.
Photo Derek... - View image in PDF
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The RNLI and me: Alexander McCall Smith
When bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith isn’t penning adventures set in Scotland and Botswana, he plots his own dramatic course on the water …
You published five books in 2015 alone – how do you manage to be so...
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The Fishing Smacks Valiant and Trio
PORTHDINLLAEN, NORTH WALES. A signal of distress having been shown by the fishing smack Valiant, of Carnarvon, which was at anchor in Porthdinllaen bay, during a N.N.W. wind and a very heavy sea, the George Moore Life-boat was launched at 8...
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Strathclyde
Newhaven, Sussex - At 7.47 p.m. on 6th September, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was in difficulties about seven miles south east of the station.
At 7.55 the life-boat Kathleen Marywas...
(Below) the RNLI's Stand at the London International Boat Show In January 1995
(Below) The RNLI's stand at the London International Boat Show in January 1995 was a great success, with more than 800 new members joining during the 11 days that the show was open.
Many existing members also visited... - View image in PDF
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The RNLI and me: Nadia Sawalha
WHO IS NADIA SAWALHA?
Actor, writer and two-time marathon runner, Nadia Sawalha has appeared in films including Slave of Dreams and Clockwise, and is a regular face on TV. She is perhaps best known for her roles in soaps such as...
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General Council of the Ladies' Life-Boat Guild
H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, and H.R.H. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, attend the First Meeting.
THE first meeting of the General Council of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild was held on 23rd November last at Hampden...
Category: Meetings
Two Danish Motor Fishing Vessels, The Mary Iversen and The Gadanus
MAY 13TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 11.52 in the morning the coastguard reported two Danish motor fishing vessels, the Mary Iversen and the Gadanus, in difficulties on the Inner Middle Sandbank.
A...
(Below) Basildon Branch Raised the Funds to Purchase the Present Burnham-On-Crouch Ilb
(Below) Basildon branch raised the funds to purchase the present Burnham-on-Crouch ILB—-and has already set as its target for the future a replacement boat. Last autumn Connor O'Brien, chairman of Basildon District Council, came to... - View image in PDF
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