LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Crew of the Helicopter That Rescued the Sole Survivor from the South Goodwin Lightship
The crew of the helicopter that rescued the sole survivor from the South Goodwin lightship Left to right: Captain Curtis E Parkins (awarded an RNLI Silver Medal for Gallantry), Major Paul L Park, Airman First Class Elmer H Vollman and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain Mechanic Michael Storey
Coxswain Mechanic Michael Storey of Girvan. Although a relative newcomer to Girvan lifeboat station, Michael Storey is an old hand when it comes to lifeboat services. He joined Humber crew in 1977, serving, with a short break, until 1982.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Poster Stamps of the Life-Boat Service (1)
GRACE DARLING. An early Life-boat heroine.
In 1838, she and her father rescued nine people stranded on a rock, survivors from the wrecked ship For far- shire, of Dundee. They won Silver Medals.
(From the...
Category: Advertisement
The Storeyard's Children's Party
THE Institution's Storeyard is at Poplar, in a district of London where there is a great deal of poverty, and at Christmas last year it gave a Tea and Entertainment to over 150 children.
It was entirely arranged and...
Category: Articles
RESCUE
Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards carry out thousands of rescues every year (see launches on page 36). Here are just some of those caught on camera, and see the list below for more reports:
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Category: Articles
A Dramatic Rescue Incident Off Shoreham on 25th June, 1967, When 21 Sailing Boats Capsized In a Sudden Squall
A dramatic rescue incident off Shoreham on 25th June, 1967, when 21 sailing boats capsized in a sudden squall.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Having a Ball
Having a ball The Royal Solent Yacht club held its annual charity auction and regatta on 29 and 30 May - raising a whopping £15,480 for RNLI funds.
The weekend event which also included a ball, a barbecue lunch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
August (1)
AUGUST MEETING LANNERCOMBE, SALCOMBE, DEVON. About 7.30 in the evening of the 9th July, 1940, the Latvian steamer Talvaldis was attacked by enemy aeroplanes off Start Point. The weather was moderate. The Salcombe motor life-boat was called...
Category: Services
Pindos
The four- masted barque Pindos, of Hamburg, carrying a crew of twenty-eight hands, put into Falmouth for orders when homeward bound from Chili with a cargo of nitrate, and shortly after noon on the 10th February again left that port in tow...
Remarkable Aerial Photograph of the Motor Vessel Nofsiporoi Being Pounded By Heavy Seas on 2Nd December 1966 When Two Gold Medals Awarded to Members
of the Institution for their bravery that day in going to her aid. The Nofsiporoi was at times rolling up to 35 either vertical with her forefoot, bilge keels and propeller in turn showing well clear of the water.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs