LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sand Barge Margaret G.
D class inflatable braves Force 10 and total darknessPaul Gilson, the helmsman of Southend-on-Sea's D class inflatable lifeboat has been awarded the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum following a service on the night of 20/21...
A Dinghy
Skin divers trapped AN INFLATABLE DINGHY with four people on board, sighted drifting close inshore north of Fleshwick Bay, was reported to Port Erin deputy launching authority by Ramsey Coastguard, Isle of Man, at 1614 on Tuesday March...
Awards to Honorary Workers. Made Since January 1st, 1947
Honorary Life-Governor.
The following have been appointed Honorary Life-Governors of the Institution and will be presented with a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum and signed by H.R.H.
the Duchess of...
Category: Awards
Claesjenguy
The Flying Dutchman WHEN his 24-foot yacht Claesjenguy lost her rigging off Hastings on June 2, Mr P. W. Stoel, a Dutchman working for the BBC, had cause to be grateful for the services of three RNLI lifeboats.
Although he...
September (1)
SEPTEMBER MEETING EGLINTON, Co. LONDONDERRY. About 12.15 in the afternoon of the 16th of December, 1944, the Eglinton coastguard received an SOS from the R.N.A.S. Eglinton, that a Corsair aeroplane had crashed into the sea 200 yards off...
Category: Services
United States Life-Saving Service
AT the close of the fiscal year which ended on the 30th June, 1903, there were embraced in the Life-saving Service of the United States no less than 273 stations, 196 of which were established on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 60. on the...
Category: Articles
Past and Present
/n the 7 74 /ears of the RNLI's existence, only 1 19 gold medals for gallantry have been awarded. That in itself is a measure of how jealously the Institution guards the honour, reserving it for acts of bravery in circumstances beyond...
Category: Articles
Two Niner
Six rescued despite Atlantic steering fault Outstanding seamanship and determination during a five-hour service has earned David Wells, helmsman of Clacton's Atlantic 21 lifeboat, the RNLI's Bronze Medal. Crew member Terence...
Sjofna, of Oslo
NOVEMBER 23RD. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL, AND CLOVELLY, DEVON.
At 2.30 in the morning the Padstow coastguard telephoned that news had been received from the naval authorities at Falmouth that a ship was ashore at Knap Head, near...
High Seas
More views of RNLI lifeboat stations from the air.
Scarborough -- North Division The boathouse for Scarborough's Mersey and D class is right on the town's seafront, tucked into the corner of the beach at South Bay...
Category: Articles