LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy (1)
PILOT CUTTER'S REPORT At 8.14 p.m. on 4th September, 1964, .the coastguard told the honorary secretary that Nab pilot cutter had reported a dinghy adrift but was unable to help.
It was two hours before high water with...
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION and all belonging to them are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
Category: Articles
Rear Admiral Wilfred Graham Director of the Rnli Visited Newcastle Lifeboat Station During a Tour of Ireland Lust December With Him Lire (I to R) Motor Mechanic Gerald Murphy Crew Member
Rear Admiral Wilfred Graham, Director of the RNLI, visited Newcastle lifeboat station during a tour of Ireland lust December. With him lire (I. to r.) Motor Mechanic Gerald Murphy, Crew Member Jim Smyth, Second Coxswain Samuel McCulli ugh.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—31st October, 1939. It had been reported that a raft with men on board could be seen off Wicklow Head. A strong gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. A rowing skiff put out from Wicklow as well as the motor life-boat...
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JUNE 18TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. A motor boat had been reported, showing distress signals, but nothing was found.-Rewards, £7 16s..
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SEPTEMBER 14TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE.
Red flares had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £9 1s..
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SEPTEMBER 28TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
Lights, which might have been from an airman baled out from an aeroplane, had been reported, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £15 17s. 6d..
December (1)
DECEMBER MEETING DUNGENESS, KENT. About 11.30 in the morning of the 26th September, 1940, an R.A.F. pilot baled out from his aeroplane and came down in the sea five miles S.W.
by W. of Galloways. The weather was moderate....
Category: Services
Inset: Derek Fowlds and Bill Simons
Inset: Derek Fowlds and Bill Simons faka Heartbeat's Sgt Oscar Blaketon and PC Alt Ventress) officially launch the lifeboat in the traditional style with a bottle of bubbly.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs