LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Newhaven: at 2003 on Monday July 3 Hm Coastguard Informed Newhaven Lifeboat
Newhaven: At 2003 on Monday July 3 HM Coastguard informed Newhaven lifeboat station that the German coaster Arosette, two miles south of Beachy Head, had broadcast a 'mayday' calling for immediate help. Newhaven's 44ft Waveney... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Swimming under the sky
Why are more and more swimmers shunning heated, chlorinated indoor swimming pools in favour of rivers, lakes and the sea?
Outdoor swimming has enjoyed a resurgence recently, whether people are bathing in backwaters, bays,...
Category: Articles
Radar Is Being Fitted to More and More R.N.L.I. Boats and In the Top Picture Coxswain James Turpin, of the Fowey, Cornwall, Life-Boat Deneys Reitz, Which Was Built In 1954, Is Shown Operating Th
Radar is being fitted to more and more R.N.L.I. boats and in the top picture Coxswain James Turpin, of the Fowey, Cornwall, life-boat Deneys Reitz, which was built in 1954, is shown operating the Decca 050 display.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bird's Eye View of Rnli Works Depot from Headquarters Building: Now They Are Only Separated By West Quay Road There Is Water Frontage to Holes Bay With a Quay Where
Bird's eye view of RNLl works depot from headquarters building: now they are only separated by West Quay Road. There is water frontage to Holes Bay with a quay where offshore lifeboats can be moored alongside and also a... - View image in PDF
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(Right) a Stained Glass Window Has Been Donated to Cullercoats Methodist Church By Mrs E J Scot! In Memory of Her Brother John Heddon Scott Lout In the Cullerc
(Right) A stained glass window has been donated to Cullercoats Methodist Church by Mrs E. J. Scot! in memory of her brother, John Heddon Scott, lout in the Cullercoats J93St lifeboat disaster. It was designed and painted by Geoff R. Ramm and... - View image in PDF
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In May 1972 Princess Anne Visited the St.Ives Cornwall Life-Boat Station Where She Met Coxswain Thomas Cocking Who Two Months Later Dived for the Boy Described I
In May, 1972, Princess Anne visited the St. Ives, Cornwall, life-boat station where she met Coxswain Thomas Cocking who two months later dived for the boy described in the report on this page.
by courtesy of Studio St. Ives... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1884
Jan. 3.—Voted 201. to the crew of the Salvage I Life-boat, Refuge, of Gorleston, for saving the crew, consisting of two men, of the sloop Freedom, of Boston, which was wrecked on the Cross Sand during a strong wind from the N.N.W. and a high...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services
North Eastern Division North Sea Hurricane FORCE 9-10 north north east wind; rough sea with a heavy swell; low water; visibility down to about a half to one mile on an overcast morning with frequent hail and snow squalls; Flamborough...
Category: Services
Your Letters
Long lost Barometer I have a small item in my possession which may be of interest to someone, somewhere.
Towards the end of the 1950s, I was on holiday in Folkestone, Kent and picked up, half buried in the shingle, what...
Category: Correspondence
The Fundraisers
Rowing raisers No apologies for featuring RNLI fundraisers the Hythe Hookers again - these ladies are always seen to be up to something intriguing! On New Year's Day they dressed up as cops and robbers and took part in the annual Maldon...
Category: Articles