LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Saving Stations of the World
IT is hoped to publish in the next issue of The Li/eboat an article on a " List of Life-saving Stations of the World, with their Equipment and Geographical Positions," issued by the International Hydrographic Bureau at Monaco, in...
Category: Articles
Long Service Awards
The Long Service Badge has been awarded to the following crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more: Beaumaris: Crew Member R.G. Zalot.
Bembridge: Assistant Mechanic B....
Category: Awards
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Category: Advertisement
Lydos
Swanage, Dorset - At 6 p.m. on 21st June, 1969, a small yacht was reported in difficulties half a mile south of St. Alban's head. At 6.11 the life-boat R.L.P. was launched in a fresh south westerly wind with a slight sea. The tide was...
Lifeguards Work Wet Summer
LIFEGUARDS WORK WET SUMMER Despite the met Offi ce reporting the wettest may–July since records began, RnLi lifeguards in england were very much in demand. in particular, spring tides led to a number of mass rescues, one of which you can...
Category: Articles
The Right Hon. The Lord Winster, P.C., K.C.M.G.
THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD WINSTER, P.C., K.C.M.G., died on the 8th June, 1961, at the age of 76. He joined the Committee of Management of the Insti- tution in 1932, and was elected a Vice- President in 1955.
He was at one...
Category: Obituaries
Eyemouth: REPRESENTING THE RNLI
Three members of Eyemouth Lifeboat Station represented the RNLI at the Annual National Service for Seafarers held at the end of 2015 at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. Each year, the RNLI nominates a different regional division to attend and...
Category: Articles
A Sea Hornet Aircraft
St. David's, and Angle, Pembrokeshire.
At. 10.15 on the morning of the 17th of February, 1953, the St. David's coastguard asked if the St. David's life- boat would search for the pilot of a Sea Hornet aircraft...
Your Letters
Storm Force Club Towards the end of last year, my branch started a Storm Force Club. This is not a group sharing corporate membership, but a club for youngsters who already have or who may be interested in having their own individual Storm...
Category: Correspondence
When Mr. Basil Dove, Lighthouse Keeper at Beachy Head, Injured Himself When He Fell Down a Flight of Steps, Eastbourne Life-Boat Went Alongside to Take Him Off
When Mr. Basil Dove, lighthouse keeper at Beachy Head, injured himself when he fell down a flight of steps, Eastbourne life-boat went alongside to take him off.
An account of this service will appear in the next issue of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs