LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Below: Construction of the New Facilities at Thurso.
Below: Construction of the new facilities at Thurso.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Boat of the Air Sea Rescue Service
JUNE 23RD. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A boat of the Air Sea Rescue Service had gone out to the help of an aeroplane which had come down in the sea, had caught fire herself and had been burnt out, but her crew were rescued by the examination...
(Right) a Model of the New Lifeboat House
(right) A model of the new lifeboat house and slipway at the end of Cromer pier - a project which will be the largest ever undertaken by the RNLI. Work commences shortly and should take some 15 to 18 months to... - View image in PDF
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Sixteen Men Rescued from Wreck
ON the 26th of April, 1955, the S.S.
Germania, of Piraeus, ran ashore to the east of Beachy Head. During the next ten days a number of salvage boats went out to her, and at 4.30 on the afternoon of the 6th of May Coxswain...
Category: Services
Figureheads Were a Feature of This Fishermen's Hut (Left) Which Once Stood Near the Harbour Mouth at Lowestoft, Suffolk. the Figureheads Shown Below Portray (Left to Right) William Iv, the Sailor
Figureheads were a feature of this fishermen's hut (left) which once stood near the harbour mouth at Lowestoft, Suffolk. The figureheads shown below portray (left to right) William IV, the Sailor King1; a woman who once adorned the bow... - View image in PDF
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RNLI FAMILY: Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
Tying the knot
Congratulations to Bundoran Crew Members Laura McNulty and Richard Gillespie, who got married in July. Lifeboating must be in their blood, because both Laura and Richard have family on the crew. Laura’s dad,...
Category: Articles
The Motor Boats Trust in Providence and Vajas
New Brighton, Cheshire - At 6.50 p.m. on nth September, 1966, red flares were sighted off the RI buoy in Rock channel, river Mersey. The life-boat Norman B. Corlett left her moorings ten minutes later. It was three hours before high water....
Tynemouth: the Duchess of Northumberland Names the 52Ft Arun George and Olive Turner Photograph By Courtesy Of
Tynemouth: The Duchess of Northumberland names the 52ft Arun George and Olive Turner. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of 'Newcastle Journal'. - View image in PDF
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Electrical Communication Between Lighthouses and Light-Vessels and the Shore
THE following is a copy of a placard circulated in November last by the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, calling attention to an important concession to shipowners and others, whereby they are allowed on occasions of shipping casualties...
Category: Articles
The Draw for a Gallon Bottle of Brandy
The draw for a gallon bottle of brandy, donated by Martell, was made at Kirkcudbright station annual dance last November.
Here, Coxswain George Davidson, DSM BEM, (r) presents the bottle to the winner, local blacksmith... - View image in PDF
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