LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Annual Awards 1983
The Maud Smith Bequest Award for the outstanding act of lifesaving during 1983 has been made to Crew Member Arthur Hill of Largs, who was awarded the silver medal for the rescue on July 24 of a young girl trapped in a small airpocket under...
Category: Awards
The American Steamer Chrysanthy Star and Energetic
Cadgwith, and Penlee, Cornwall and St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—At 11.5 on the night of the 25th of June, 1948, during a thick fog, the Cadgwith coast- guard telephoned the Cadgwith life- boat station that the American steamer Chrysanthy...
Stormy Stan's Sea Tales
There are around 2().(XH) members of Slonn Force, the RNLl's club for the under 16s. The club's exclusive magazine. Storm Force News, is full of exciting competitions, puzzles, salty sea talcs, jokes and cartoons - it also lends...
Category: Articles
Imbibing on the Sands
"A party of trustees, with their wives and daughters, agree to meet at some commodious hotel in the vicinity of a life-boat station, the day is fine, and the party are perhaps themselves rowed out a couple of miles—a daring deed, which...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Workers at the Carlisle Cafe Chantant Wearing Aprons With the House Flag of the Institution
Life-Boat Workers at The Carlisle Cafe Chantant Wearing Aprons With The House Flag of the Institution. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Left Top and Bottom: Pat Shares His Water Safety Knowledge With Members of the Public at Portpatrick In August 2003
Left top and bottom: Pat shares his Water Safety knowledge with members of the public at Portpatrick in August 2003. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Robbery
Survivors cling to upturned hull Selsey's Tyne class lifeboat City of London was called to the rescue of three Dutch sailors on 2 June 1993 when their 34ft yacht lost its ballast keel and capsized off Selsey during a fierce squall in the...
The Parsons Engineering Co. Limited
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R.N.LI. 41ft. Walson lype lifeboat with two Parsons 'Porb&agles' installed.
The PARSONS 'PORBEAGLE' is a 4-cytinder...
Category: Advertisement
Rito (1)
Submerged object struck HM COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Filey lifeboat station at 2048 on Tuesday December 20, 1983, that the coaster Rito was in difficulty three miles north east of Filey Brigg.
Water was...
The Granton Trawler Marjory M. Hastie
MARCH 4TH. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE.
At four in the morning the Elie coastguard reported that a trawler was aground near Boarhills, and the motor lifeboat Nellie and Charlie was launched at 4.45.
A strong...