LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Medals for Hastings.
Coxswain John Muggridge, of Hastings, on his first service in command of the life-boat, won the bronze medal, for rescuing seven lives from one of H.M. trawlers.
She had gone ashore and the life-boat found her at daybreak...
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Melrose
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. — At two in the afternoon of the 14th of October, 1948, information was received that the motor trawler Melrose, of Kilmore, had broken her propeller shaft and was drifting towards the shore two and a half...
An Aeroplane (5)
FEBRUARY 9TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
At 3.50 P . M . the coastguard reported a British aeroplane in difficulties, and a few minutes later the news came that the aeroplane was down in the sea. Her position was given at...
1939-45 Star for Life-Boatmen
The 1939-45 star has been awarded to all members of the crews of lifeboats in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland who were out on life-boat service 25 times or more during the war. Two hundred and fourteen men have qualified for...
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Rescue (continued)
A FAMILY DAY OUT
HOLYHEAD | 7 JUNE
An experienced sailor and his 5-year-old grandson got driven aground in their 8m cruiser, after getting snagged in lobsterpot lines. They were spotted by nearby walkers, who quickly...
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Service to North Sea Oil Rig
THE members of the crews of the Scarborough and Teesmouth life-boats have both received framed letters of appreciation signed by the Chairman of the Committee of Management, Captain the Hon V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., for their services on the...
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A personal reflection from Paul Boissier
The RNLI’s Chief Executive Officer Paul Boissier is stepping down this year. Here is his take on the last decade
When Sir William Hillary founded the RNLI in 1824, he vowed that with courage, nothing is impossible. That...
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A Small Boat Belonging to H.M.S. Wolfhound
The motor life- boat Sir David Richmond of Glasgow was launched at 8.30 P.M. on the 17th January, as the honorary secretary had received a telephone message from the Kildonan coastguards, through the pilot house at Troon, that a small boat...
Lifeboat Services (1)
Aberdeen. Grampian D class: July 6 Aberdovey. Gwynedd At/antic 21: July 11, 15, 19 (twice) and 24 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: June 17 (twice), 21 (three times). July 6. 8. 25 (three times). 26 (twice). 29 and 31 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class...
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Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 29 August 1995 show that far during 1995: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 3,031 times (an average of more than 12 launches a day) 650 lives were saved (an average of more than a day) Some...
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