LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Ladies of Caister
THE presentation to Miss Alice Brown, vice president of the Caister on Sea ladies' life-boat guild, of a silver badge has created something of a record. For her family now holds one gold badge and three silver...
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Schooner George Smeed, of Rochester
LOWESTOFT.—On the 14th January the Life-boat Lastitia proceeded under sailto the assistance of the three-masted schooner George Smeed, of Rochester, which vessel, while on a voyage from Shields to Rochester, was observed to lose her foremast...
Gem, of Eyemouth
NORTH SUNDERLAND.— On the 24th August the Life-boat Joseph Anstice was launched to the assistance of the fishing vessel Gem, of Eyemouth, which had got ashore near that port during a strong breeze and heavy sea. The Life-boat, by timely...
Helene, of Rye
DONNA NOOK.—On the 20th February, at 9 A.M., the schooner Helene, of Rye, bound from that port to Hull, was wrecked during a gale at N.E. off Grainthorpe Haven. On the boatmen perceiving the Helene was aground and flying a signal of distress...
Alfred
The Life-boat Stanton Meyrick of Pimlico proceeded to the assistance of the brig Alfred at 10 A.M. on the 30th October, the wind, from the west, blowinghard, with heavy squalls and thick weather. The Alfred was in the midst of broken water...
Flossie
On the 22nd Dec. the Life- boat Centurion, in answer to signals of dis- tress from the Gull Lightship, launched, through a heavy surf, to the assistance of the brig Flossie, of Guernsey, ashore on the Goodwin Sands. The Centurion remained by...
Mrs Ann Ritchie In Company With Major-General Ralph Farrant Comes Aboard Arun Class Lifeboat 54-06 the Gough Ritchie for Which She Is Providing the Funds to Be Wel
Mrs Ann Ritchie, in company with Major-General Ralph Farrant, comes aboard Arun class lifeboat 54-06, The Gough Ritchie, for which she is providing the funds, to be welcomed by the builder, William Osborne (r). The Gough Ritchie, which will... - View image in PDF
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Medallists of 1975: (L to R Back Row First) Coxswain Frank Bloom Walton and Frinton; Helmsman Michael Coates Whitby; Coxswain John Petit and Crew Member John R
Medallists of 1975: (I. to r., back row first) Coxswain Frank Bloom, Walton and Frinton; Helmsman Michael Coates, Whitby; Coxswain John Petit and Crew Member John Robilliard, St Peter Port: Second Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic Anthony Hawkins,... - View image in PDF
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The Moment of Truth!
The moment of truth! Eamonn Andrews waylays Coxswain Matt Lethbridge in the London Boat Show, Earls Court, to say 'This is Your Life'. (Look into the background, left, and you will also see Emergency Mechanic John 'Chick'... - View image in PDF
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With Her Builders' Trials Completed the Prototype 47Ft Tyne Fast Slipway Lifeboat City of London
With her builders' trials completed, the prototype 47ft Tyne fast slipway lifeboat City of London set out on a circumnavigation of the British Isles as part of her development trials; during these trials lifeboatmen from a number of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs