LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Fall from cliff THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Abersoch ILB station was informed by HM Coastguard at 1701 on Thursday August 23, 1979, that a boy had fallen from the cliff at Llanbedrog Head, two miles north east of the station. The...
Brookes & Gatehouse
ON STAND UF2 BOAT SHOW HECTA echo sounder Model RS obtains the best of both worlds by using the rotating lamp system of display (with bright, everlasting light-emitting diodes) in the instrument case and a meter for the cockpit repeater....
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SAVED IN SECONDS
What can happen in 10 minutes? For coastal lifeboat stations, that can be the time needed for dedicated volunteers to drop whatever they’re doing, form a crew and launch. For those at Tower Lifeboat Station, it’s a different...
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Summary of Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 21st October, 1926.
SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.
Elected Brig.-Gen, Noel M. Lake, C.B., an Honorary life-Governor of the Institution.
Reported the resignation from...
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Reaper
Seven saved ...along with an historic boatIn the early hours of 8 August 2001, the historic fishing vessel Reaper was on passage from Anstruther to Hartlepool in gale force conditions and rough seas. The 100-year-old herring drifter was...
An Aeroplane (21)
MAY 27TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
It had been reported that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £5 3s. 6d..
Cover Picture
by Campbell MacCallum The Mersey class lifeboat Her Majesty The Queen taking part in the Lord Mayor'sShowon 13 November 1993.
Among those aboard her are the BBC TV's 'Blue Peter' presenters and the young... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
by Maggie Murray The recipients of the Medals for Gallantry presented at the 1995 Awards aboard Stornoway's new Severn class lifeboat, The Will, at a photocall held the previous day at St Katharine Dock.
Next Issue: The... - View image in PDF
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Ilfracombe - Mersey Class Spirit of Derbyshire
llfracombe's new Mersey class lifeboat Spirit of Derbyshire on the slipway ready for her naming ceremony on 29 September 1990 (Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF
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Shoreline
IN THE LAST JOURNAL was published a photograph of HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, meeting the lifeboatmen who man RNLB Shoreline at Arbroath when His Royal Highness visited the station last May. On this page is another...
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