LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Charles Bowry
Charles Bowrv was motor mechanic of Sheerness lifeboat from 1969 to 1970 and coxswain/mechanic from 1970 to 1981; in 1981 he was appointed coxswain! mechanic of Portpatrick lifeboat.
He was awarded the bronze medal in 1976.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Books
• A leading maritime historian, Dr John de Courcy Ireland has lectured on maritime history in more than 20 countries in four continents; he is research officer of both the Irish Commission on Maritime History, which he established, and the...
Category: Articles
A Fishing Vessel
Scottish crews out in numbers Ravaged by remnants of the hurricane season, the British Isles were soaked and windswept in late summer 2004. At the end of one of the wettest Augusts on record, the rough sea conditions off the northern tip of...
A Launch at Southend-On-Sea
Going to the rescue of the barge Norseman on March 15th, 1937. - View image in PDF
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Category: Photographs
Volunteer Lifeguards Dressed for Their Day Jobs
Volunteer Lifeguards Dressed For Their Day Jobs. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Three Letters of Thanks. From Navy, Air Service Training, and a Yachtsman
ON the 4th of February, as reported in the Spring Journal, 1951, the Camp- be! town life-boat helped the frigate Loch Fada, which had got into diffi- culties with the landing craft Stalker in tow. The Loch Fada's command- ing officer...
Category: Correspondence
The Half-Pence Scheme
The half-pence scheme My grandad and nan have been saving half-pennies for the lifeboat service for 28 years. Of course they receive a receipt for what they hand in but my brother Paul and I feel sure they would love to see a few words of...
Category: Correspondence
Membership News
Governors ... Shoreline... Storm Force.. A very active membership The London Boat Show always gets our membership recruitment off to a good start for the year, and 1990 was no exception.
Our resident team of recruiters...
Category: Articles
Skegness - East Division
(left) The sands of Skegness at low water, stretching away left and right from the boathouse (almost central on the shoreline) which houses the station's carriage launched Mersey and inflatable D class. Directly behind it is the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Services Round the Coasts
LAUNCHES AND LIVES SAVED BY LIFE-BOATS AND IRBs 1st March to 31st May: Launches 359, lives saved 156 MARCH SOUTH-EAST DISTRICT Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 11.8 a.m. on 4th March, 1966, a message was received that the tanker Blandford had...
Category: Services