LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

COMMODORE THE RT. Hox. THE EARL HOWE, P.C., C.B.E., V.R.D., R.N.V.R., has been elected Chairman of the Committee of Management of the Royal National Life-boat Institution to succeed Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., K.B.E., who recently announced his...

Single-handed sloop A RED FLARE was observed about three miles west of Needles Coastguard lookout at 1240 on Tuesday, October 5,1976.

A helicopter from HMS Daedalus, Leeon- Solent, took off to investigate and at 1300 found...

If you were rescued by the RNLI, would you thank those involved? Surprisingly, many people don't. Dave Gambell, rescued by Yarmouth lifeboat, is an exception.

What follows is his letter of gratitude to the crew,...

(Continued from page 202) hammers and crowbars to break windows and glass partitions, aluminium ladders, harnesses, slings, folding basket stretchers and as many portable lights as possible.

Delegates were also able to draw...

A canoeist brought a message to Filcy Coastguard on August 14, 1973, that a man and two children were stranded on rocks north of Filey Brig. The Filey ILB was launched at 1905 and within an hour hail taken the three people on hoard (right),... - View image in PDF

Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 21st of May, 1955, the local fishing fleet was at sea when the weather worsened, and at eight o'clock the No. 1 life-boat J. W. Archer, on temporary duty at the station, was launched, with an...

The Norwegian flag was flying when the model of Cromer's 48ft 6in Oakley lifeboat Ruby and Arthur Reed was presented to the RNLI at Poole HQ last December, tl 10 r) Frederik Paulson- Linnekogel, brother of the original modelmaker, Frank... - View image in PDF

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