LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
S.S. Royal Crown
JANUARY 30TH. - LOWESTOFT, AND SOUTHWOLD, SUFFOLK. At 7.15 P.M. a message was received at Lowestoft from the coastguard that a boat belonging to the S.S. Royal Crown, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, had come ashore eight miles south of Lowestoft, and...
Unsung station hero
What present would you give to a lifeboatman or woman? Fred. Olsen has found a novel way to show their appreciation of volunteers, by donating a 8-night Mediterranean cruise.
Lifeboat volunteers nominated an 'unsung...
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SEPTEMBER 4TH. - TOBERMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE. During the evening a request was received for the use of the lifeboat to convey a sick person to hospital at Oban. No other boat would be available until the following day, and it was imperative to...
Dear Reader
Anniversaries are big news this year! It's the Diamond Jubilee of our Patron, a century since the Titanic sank (page 48) and the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, a passionate supporter of the RNLI.
I'm writing...
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Boxing Clever
During the filming of the BBC television drama series 'Lifeboat', due to be shown this Spring, members of Penarth ladies' guild were asked to man fundraising stalls and act as extras.
The ladies make their... - View image in PDF
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Snowdon
During a whole W.S.W. gale on the night of the 20th February signals of distress were observed fr«m a vessel in.
the St. Tudwell's Eoads. Throughout the day it had been seen that the vessels there had been having...
First Man to Greet the Atlantic Heroes Captain John Ridgway and Sergeant Chay Blyth When They Stepped Ashore at Kilronan on the Aran Islands on 3rd September, 1966
First man to greet the Atlantic heroes, Captain John Ridgway and Sergeant Chay Blyth when they stepped ashore at Kilronan, on the Aran Islands, on 3rd September, 1966, after their 92 day voyage of 3,000 miles, was Father Joseph McNamara, the... - View image in PDF
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M.V. Timber Skipper
Standing by ON TUESDAY, January 14, at 0345, Rosslare Harbour honorary secretary received a telephone message from Rosslare Pier that MV Timber Skipper of London, carrying a crew of seven, had gone aground in very high seas 4 nautical miles...
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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High Seas
More bird's eye views of RNLI lifeboat stations.Aerofilms is offering copies of these photographs at well below normal rates - and donating 25% of the print price to the RNLI. Prices: Sin by Sin - £17.63, 10in by 10in -£27.03....
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