LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of the Life-Boats In October, November and December, 1956. Lives Rescued 72
OCTOBER DURING October life-boats were launched on service 56 times and rescued 37 lives.
TWO YACHTS ESCORTED TO MEVAGISSEY Fowey, Cornwall.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 1st of October, 1956, the Polruan...
Category: Services
Terry Simmons, Centre, With His Sons Scott, Left, and Stephen, Who Has Recently Joined the Crew. Photo: Eastern Daily Press
Terry Simmons, centre, with his sons Scott, left, and Stephen, who has recently joined the crew. Photo: Eastern Daily Press. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
At Poole on Tuesday July 12 the Duke of Atholl (R) Presented a Framed Letter of Thanks
At Poole on Tuesday July 12 The Duke of Atholl (r) presented a framed letter of thanks to Mr Colin Ganderton, managing director of J. John Masters, which, celebrating its centenary, has given more than £54,000 to the RNLI. The Duke had... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Oldham the Second of Hoylake's Four Liverpool Lifeboats Which Spanned the Years 1906 to 1974; the First Was a Pulling and Sailing Boat the Last Three Motor Oldham
Oldham, the second of Hoylake's four Liverpool lifeboats which spanned the years 1906 to 1974; the first was a pulling and sailing boat, the last three motor. Oldham, presented by the town of Oldham, was on station from 1931 to 1952; she... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sea Rescue
• Sea Rescue by Gardner Soule (Macrae Smith Company, Philadelphia) is written by a journalist and brings an urgent, exciting interest to a wide range of dramatic sea stories. Ranging from the recovery of splashed-down spacemen to broken...
Category: Articles
(Below) 1974: Coxswain Derek Scott Bem of the Mumbles Guest Speaker Made a Truly Memorable Speech on His Left Cdr Ralph Swann Cbe Rnvr at That Ti
(Below) . . . 1974: Coxswain Derek Scott, BEM, of The Mumbles, guest speaker, made a truly memorable speech. On his left, Cdr Ralph Swann, CBE RNVR, at that time chairman of the Institution . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lupia
At 8.28 p.m. on igth April, 1967, it was seen that the Dutch coaster Lupia anchored off Longnose Ledge was dragging her anchor. The vessel, showing only a mast-light, made no response to shore signals. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil...
Maritime Book Society (Readers Union)
A Startling Compendium of Facts, Feats and Figures THE COUNTRY LIFE BOOK OF NAUTICAL TERMS UNDER SAIL An illustrated guide to the language of the great sailing ships and the men aboard them Fascinating, unusual, and always with a sound...
Category: Advertisement
The High-Speed Ferry St Malo
The service by St Helier's Tyne class lifeboat to the high-speed ferry St Malo - reported in the Summer issue of The Lifeboat- has led to the award of the Thanks of the Institution on Vellum to her ex-coxswain, Robert...