LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
July (1)
CLONTARF, Co. DUBLIN. On the evening of the 2nd of June, 1945, a sailing boat from the Clontarf Boat Club capsized north of North Bull. A moderate south-west wind was blowing with a moderate sea, and the weather was thick. Four sea scouts,...
Category: Services
March Hare
Deja vu The duo that rescued the lives of four people on the yacht Headstrong are making a habit of saving lives in outstanding services Dave Milford and Sean Marshall have been awarded the Thanks of the Institution on Vellum for their role...
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St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 5.10 a.m. on 5th December, 1964, the use of the life-boat was requested to transfer a sick person from Herm Island to Guernsey.
At 5.32 the life-boat Euphrosyne Kendal put out into a smooth sea...
The Eight Robsons
The eight members of the family at present in the crew of the North Sunderland life-boat.
In the centre Coxswain James Robson. An article on the work of four generations of lifeboat Robsons appeared in the last number of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Unsung Heroes: Frances Hudson
A volunteer describes her recent experience helping to preserve old photographs for future generations
What is your role?
I’ve been cleaning and digitising glass plates, part of a large collection of old lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Foreign coins
It is ESTIMATED that there are some £20—£30 millions worth of foreign coins lying around this country. The banks are not interested, neither are the foreign exchange bureaux, in anything other than notes.
In 1977...
Category: Donations
The Life-Boat
THE LiFE-BoAT.
Words by Vice-Admiral J. E. WARD.
~ 'i mf Last Verse and Music composed by C. H. PURDAT.
VOICE.
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Fine ships and...
Category: Songs
Royal Visits
Top) HRH The Duchess of Kent talks to crew and station personnel at Pwllheli lifeboat station during her tour. - View image in PDF
Photo Peter Westley Photography. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Johan Collett
THIRD GOLD MEDAL AWARDED SINCE END OF WAR ON the 5th/6th February, 1963, the St. Peter Port life-boat rescued nine people from the Norwegian motor vessel JoJwn Collett. For this service, a full account of which appears on page 450, among...
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Sick man transported to mainland In the early hours of 21 September 1991, Oban's Brede class lifeboat Nottinghamshire was called on to transfer a sick man from Lochaline to Oban hospital.
Following a request at 0200...