LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rnlb William and Laura
RNLB William and Laura, late of Newcastle, Northern Ireland, was taken out of retirement in Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, to help Bangor branch in a fundraising effort last April. Over the ten days she was at Clandeboye Shopping Centre... - View image in PDF
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A Special £1 Draw
A special £1 draw was organised for this magnificent cake made in the shape of Exmouth lifeboat, just one of the attractions at a dance at Langslone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish, organised by 13 of the water sport clubs on the River Exe. The... - View image in PDF
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Despite Gale Force Winds and Driving Rain About 1000 People Attended the Service of Dedication on April Jo of Abersoch's New Atlantic 21 Wolverhampton the Ilb T
Despite gale force winds and driving rain, about 1.000 people attended the service of dedication on April JO of Abersoch's new Atlantic 21, Wolverhampton. The ILB, together with her tractor and boathtntse, provided b Wolverhampton... - View image in PDF
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North Cornwall Visit of the Duke of Kent President of the Institution to Five Stations In North Cornwall
Five lifeboat stations in North Cornwall were visited on June 27 by our president, HRH The Duke of Kent. Such great interest did His Royal Highness take in all he was shown and in all the lifeboat people he met—crew members and their wives,...
Category: Articles
M.F.V. Ecstasy and M.F.V. Broadside
Escort THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Southwold lifeboat station received a request at 1335 on Monday January 31, 1983, for the lifeboat to escort MFV Ecstasy and MFV Broadside to Lowestoft; the weather was too bad for the fishing vessels...
Coxswain Michael Scales St.Peter Port
Coxswain Michael Scales, St Peter Port On October 11, 1983, Coxswain Scales rescued seven people aboard the yacht Wild Rocket in a force 8 west-north-westerly gale. He succeeded in manoeuvring the Arun class lifeboat Sir William Arnold close... - View image in PDF
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Port Talbot Rotoract Club
Shifting sands: who needs oil when you can make £400 selling sand? These arabs, more usually members of Port Talbot Rotoract Club, were undeterred when they could not obtain a licence to collect in the street for The Mumbles lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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Relief D Class
Relief D class A 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat to be used in the relief fleet was handed over and dedicated on the evening of Wednesday July 17, 1985, at the RNLl's Poole depot. She was the gift of the Ancient Order of Foresters,... - View image in PDF
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From St.Albans and District Comes News of the Opening In July of Salisbury Hall By Its Owner Walter Goldsmith In Aid of the Rnli In Foreground (Below) Two of Display
From St Albans and District comes news of the opening in July of Salisbury Hall by its owner, Walter Goldsmith, in aid of the RNLI.
In foreground (below) two of display of five lifeboat models made by John Gilbert, and a... - View image in PDF
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The First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Edward Ashmore Spent An Hour With the Rnli When Visiting the Royal Marines at Hamworthy Last Autumn (Above Right—Royal Marine Phot
The First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Edward Ashmore, spent an hour with the RNLI when visiting the Royal Marines at Hamworthy last autumn. (Above right—Royal Marine photograph) He was transferred by Atlantic 21 1LB to (above) Arun class lifeboat... - View image in PDF
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