LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Harbour Tug Adur II
On the afternoon of the 2nd October the coast- guard reported that the Shoreham Harbour tug Adur II, while towing a hopper out to sea, had fouled^her propeller, and was drifting on to a lee shore. A strong, and increasing, S. breeze was...
Welcome (and farewell)
I stepped down as Chairman of the RNLI at the end of September – but I could not do so without taking the opportunity to thank you
As ever, you’ll find stories showing the remarkable courage and selflessness of our...
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Marathon man
Out with the antiseptic and sticking plasters. GP and RNLI Medical Adviser Dr JJ Green talks about how he caught the marathon bug …
‘It’s a disease,’ Dr JJ Green quips as he prepares for the 2010 Virgin London Marathon....
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A Small Boat
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire, and HoIyhead, Angelsey.—22nd March.
Searched without success for a small boat which was adrift and eventually made land in Co. Down after thirty-five hours at sea.—Rewards, Porthdinllaen,...
The New Fleet
LONG before the war ended the Institution had made plans to rebuild a great part of its fleet. It lost six boats, destroyed by the enemy, and more serious even than this loss were the delays. In the last four years of the war the building of...
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A Raft (1)
FEBRUARY 11TH. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON.
The Belgian steamer Persier, of Antwerp, had been sunk by enemy action four miles north of the Eddystone, but the life-boat was re-called by wireless by the naval authorities. In the early...
The "Dunleary" (Civil Service No. 6). Presented By the Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
A Non-self-righting Motor Life-boat of the Watson type (45 ft by 12 ft. 6 in.}. Fitted with a Tylor engine developing 60 B.H.P.. - View image in PDF
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Visits to Fund Raisers While Anthony Oliver Dos (Southern) Was Calling on Lock-Keeper Lyn David and His Wife (I) at Marsh Lock Henley-On-Thames the Chief Inspec
Visits to fund raisers . . . While Anthony Oliver, DOS (Southern) was calling on lock-keeper, Lyn David, and his wife (I.) at Marsh Lock, Henley-on-Thames, the Chief Inspector of Navigation, Thames Water Authority, Mr D. Cruickshank, passed... - View image in PDF
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A Sponsored Swim Undertaken By Pupils of Winton Junior School Bournemouth In April Raised £432 Anthony Oliver Dos (South) Demonstrates a Line Throwing Apparatus to Some of the Children
A sponsored swim undertaken by pupils of Winton Junior School, Bournemouth in April raised £432.
Anthony Oliver, DOS (South) demonstrates a line throwing apparatus to some of the children at the school, while Mary... - View image in PDF
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Six Months of Peace
In the last six months of war the Life-boat Service rescued 527 lives.
In the first six months of peace it has rescued 295 lives..
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