LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Liberator Aeroplane (2)
MAY 17TH. - MONTROSE, AND ARBROATH, ANGUS. A vessel had been reported on fire. It was a Liberator aeroplane which had crashed in the sea. A naval launch arrived first and picked up two bodies. The Arbroath life-boat did not launch, but her...
George Champion
Exmouth, Devon. At 7.25 on the evening of the 7th October, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed by the port medical officer that a member of the crew of the Liberian tanker George Champion had severe cuts in an arm and needed...
Squibb
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 10.30 p.m. on I2th June, 1965, the coxswain was told that a vessel was burning red flares in Perwick Bay. The life-boat Edward Z. Dresden on temporary duty at the station set out in thick fog at 11.15 in a...
A Motor Boat (1)
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 7.43 p.m. on 4th July, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small motor boat with two men on board was overdue and that further inquiries were being made. In the meantime the coxswain and...
American Coastal Lifeboat Development: An English Contribution By William D Wilkinson
AS THE RNLI celebrates its 150th anniversary, it is appropriate to acknowledge the help it has given many lifesaving services throughout the world. This help has taken many forms, one of the most significant being in the area of coastal...
Category: Articles
People and Places
BIRTHDAY HONOURS Among the awards announced in the 1985 Birthday Honours list were: QBE: E. C. B. Corlett, chairman and managing director of Burness, Corlett and Partners, a member of the RNLI's technical consultative committee since...
Category: Articles
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: January 1996 Coleman Hernon, ex-coxswain of Aran Islands lifeboat (formally known as Galway Bay).
Coleman became bowman of the lifeboat in 1949, 2nd Coxswain in 1951 and...
Category: Obituaries
Britannia, of North Shields
On the night of the 12th January the barque Britannia, of North Shields, bound from Mauritius to Greenock, got on shore, in moderate weather, on the north side of Port Logan Bay; the crew saving them- selves by climbing over the rocks at low...
Huge Expansion In Work of R.N.L.I.
Huge Expansion in Work of R.N.L.I.
DURING the years 1963 to 1969 inclusive the Royal National Life-boat Institution opened 49 new stations and closed 11. In roughly the same period the number of calls by rescue craft...
Category: Articles
Long Service Awards
The Long Service Badge for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more has been awarded to: Aith - Assistant Mechanic J.W. Hunter (posthumous) Bembridge - Winchman O. Harbour Blackpool - Crew Member...
Category: Awards