LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Monte Gurugu
Appledore, Clovelly, and Df racombe, Devon.
—On the 13th of November, 1949, all three life-boats went to the help of the Spanish steamer Monte Gurugu, which was foundering at the entrance to the Bristol Channel, and rescued...
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St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At 8.40 On the night of the 16th of December, 1949, the Trinity House Superintendent, Holyhead, asked the life-boat to land a sick man from the South Bishop lighthouse. At 8.45 the life-boat crew assembled and...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boat Men
To WM. CHAS. JAMES, on his retirement, after serving four years as Second Coxswain and eighteen years as Coxswain of the Point of Ayr Life-boat, a Framed Certificate of Service and a Pension.
To JOSEPH HUGHES, on his...
Category: Awards
Helicopter down
10 May: Aberdeen and Peterhead's all-weather lifeboats were called upon when a helicopter carrying oil rig workers crashed into the North Sea. All 14 of the helicopter's passengers and crew made it to the liferafts. Aberdeen lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Sinking serene
9 April: Bridlington, Yorkshire Four fishermen were rescued by two lifeboats when their vessel, the Serene, ran aground after it lost power. Bridlington RNLI’s two lifeboats tried to pump the water from the boat,...
Category: Articles
The Dutch Training Ship Eendraht
Dutch Training Ship aground near Newhaven Newhaven's Arun was called out in a south-westerly gale on 21 October when the Dutch Training Ship Eendraht went aground off Newhaven as she was leaving the harbour.
The...
The Whaley Bridge Branch
The Whaley Bridge branch committee members and their spouses await the arrival of 500 local people who, over the last 12 years, have supported their annual ploughman's lunch held in the barn and grounds of Mrs A Leonard, the branch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Lillian Rodgers,
Mrs Lillian Rodgers, chairman of New Romney & Romney Marsh branch. She also held the posts of lifeboat week organiser from 1965 to 1981, box secretary from 1981 to 1988 and was souvenirs secretary from 1988 to 1991. Mrs Rodgers was...
Category: Obituaries
Drawing the Winning Tickets for the 50Th National Lottery Head of Fund Raising and Marketing Ian Ventham (Left) Addresses the Gathering With Actresses Jean Bo
Drawing the winning tickets for the 50th National Lottery. Head of Fund Raising and Marketing, Ian Ventham, (left) addresses the gathering with actresses Jean Boht and Eileen Pollock from the TV series 'Bread' on the right. Corporate... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left) Anthea Turner and Anthony Oliver, the RNLI's Deputy Head of Fundraising and Marketing, Are Pictured Ready for the Draw Outside the 'Blue Peter' Auction In
(Left) Anthea Turner and Anthony Oliver, the RNLI's deputy head of fundraising and marketing, are pictured ready for the draw outside the 'Blue Peter' auction in Ringwood with three young fans.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs