LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Italian Vessel S.S. Concordia (1)
DURING the south-westerly gales of extraordinary violence, which burst over the south-west and south of England in the second week of July, and lasted for two or three days, eight Life-boats along the south coast were launched, and three of...
Faithful
North Sunderland, and Holy Island, Northumberland. At midday on the 17th November, 1962. the North Sunderland coxswain, in the absence of the honorary secretary, told the coastguard that he felt anxious about the fishing vessel Faithful,...
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The survivors of MV Dorset on board the Waveney Castle after being rescued
The survivors of MV Dorset on board the Waveney Castle after being rescued. - View image in PDF
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Victoria
Torbay, Devon - At 2.42 p.m. on 13th April, 1968, news was received that a small boat appeared to be in difficulties off Beesands. The lifeboat Princess Alexandra of Kent slipped her moorings at 2.50 in a strong easterly breeze and a rough...
The Inaugural Ceremony of the Montrose Motor Life-Boat
Left to right:—Mr. George F. Shee (Secretary of the Institution), the Duke of York, the Duchess of York, Provost W. Douglas Johnston (Chairman of the Branch), the Hon. George Colville (Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Management). The... - View image in PDF
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Mr P Denham Christie Chairman
Mr P. Denham Christie, chairman of the Boat Committee, on behalf of the Institution receives from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh a Design Council Award certificate for the Arun class lifeboat. Facsimiles of the certificate have been sent to each... - View image in PDF
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Suffolk Firm Building Faster Boats for the Rnli
When in the mid-1960s the RNLI decided to have six fast steel lifeboats to a 44-foot design developed by the United States Coast Guard, the Lowestoft shipyard was chosen to build them—and two of the six went to East Anglian stations, the...
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Joint Second Coxswain William Clark - Bronze Medal
Joint Second Coxswain William Clark - Bronze Medal Lerwick lifeboat, 17/18 November 1993 William Clark took Lerwick's Arun class lifeboat Soldian alongside the Russian Factory Ship Borodinskoye Polye 35 times to rescue 37... - View image in PDF
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The Merchant Vessel Galina
Fortitude off Falmouth Without power, Merchant Vessel Calina found herself at the mercy of a violent storm and drifting dangerously close to shore. With the nearest Coastguard Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) several hours away, RNLI crew were...