LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Life in the old girl yet! The Robert, Beaumaris1 Watson class lifeboat bid a fine farewell during her passage back to the RNLI's Poole depot following her withdrawal from service in July.
She was called into service...
Pupils from 15 Leicestershire Schools
Pupils from 15 Leicestershire schools have raised more than £8,250 to buy a lifeboat. A series of sponsored swims raised the money which has paid for an inshore boat at Happisburgh. The crew were presented with the money by three pupils... - View image in PDF
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Swimmers Make a Record Splash: Stourbridge Schoolchildren
Swimmers make a record splash: Stourbridge schoolchildren show the amount they raised for the lifeboat service at a swimming gala. Pupils from 14 schools took part in a fun event organised by swimming teacher Mrs Joan Hadley as a grand... - View image in PDF
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Birmingham Branch
A dinner dance organised by the Birmingham branch was the first charitv evening to be held in the splendidly refurbished Botanic Gardens in Birmingham and raised a magnificent £2,500 for lifeboat funds. Among those supervising the... - View image in PDF
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Keith Deller
Keith Deller, former world darts champion, assisted the Harwich lifeboat crew at the Hanover public house in counting the contents of a bottle amounting to a remarkable £1,360. The money had been raised by the landlord, Basil MacNess,... - View image in PDF
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By Land and Sea
John Dewar and Loren Sutherland from the small island of Burray (one of the Orkney Islands) decided to raise funds for the RNLI and between them topped £1,000 in sponsorship money.
John swam from the neighbouring... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Hewitt Clark
Coxswain Hewitt Clark Silver Medal Coxswain Hewitt Clark and the crew of Lerwick's Arun rescued 67 seamen from a stranded factory ship in appalling weather conditions on 31 October 1994. The lifeboat had to go into a narrow opening... - View image in PDF
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Where Is Everybody?
Where is everybody? This lonely collector was one of the many who collected in Chichester on Saturday 22 July. Even though the collector was suitably dressed in shorts for the very hot weather, most of the public appeared to be at the beach!... - View image in PDF
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The New Invergordon Crewroom.
The new Invergordon crewroom. a purpose-built shore facility adjacent to the pier, was opened on 13 June when His Grace the Duke of Atholl, convenor of the Scottish Lifeboat Council, (pictured second left) unveiled a plaque to commemorate... - View image in PDF
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Eilean Mo Grhidh
Norman Salvesen was involved in a less hazardous, but nonetheless demanding, tow on 7 April this year when she successfully brought the 450-ton cargo vessel Eilean Mo Grhidh to safety after her engines had failed and the tide was sweeping...