LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Why P-Pick on a P-Penguin?
The connection between heavyweight boxer Frank Bruno, a penguin, 'District Nurse' Nerys Hughes and Humber lifeboat coxswain Brian Bevan was explained at London Zoo on 17 September, when they were all involved in the launch of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.M Torpedo Destroyer and Countess of Anglesey
At 8 A.M. on the 26th February, a telephone message was received from the coastguard that one of H.M. Torpedo Destroyers was rapidly drifting towards the break- water, and that the crew of the Life- boat Friern Watch should be...
It's Late It's Dark and It's Raining But the Oakley Is Ashore and the Princess Royal Is on Her Carriage for the First Time So All We Have to Do Now Is Launch Her Again A
It's late, it's dark and it's raining, but the Oakley is ashore and The Princess Royal is on her carriage for the first time. So all we have to do now is launch her again and then retrieve her before we go home to bed…. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Price of War: Two Scenes at Margate
The Price of War; Two Scenes at Margate. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Arrival of New Dunbar Life-Boat at Her Station
Arrival of New Dunbar Life-Boat at Her Station. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Crowds Gather to Celebrate 750 Years of Lifeboating at Newbiggin.
Crowds gather to celebrate 750 years of lifeboating at Newbiggin.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Long Service Awards
THE LONG SERVICE BADGE, introduced from January 1 this year for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years more, has been awarded to: Aldeburgh Coxswain W. V. Burrell. BEM Second Coxswain S. Strowger Motor...
Category: Awards
Rnlb City of Bradford III
RNLB City of Bradford III. Photograph by courtesy of Manchester Evening News. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Robert Barr Obe,
Robert Barr OBE, whose charitable trust funded the St Abbs Atlantic 21 lifeboat Dorothy and Katherine Barr..
Category: Obituaries
February
Launches 61 Lives rescued 72
FEBRUARY 1ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 12.24 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that red flares had been seen four miles south-west-by-west of Clacton pier, and half an hour later...
Category: Services