LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two New Life-Boat Films
Two new films, Troubled Waters and The Village Turned Out, are now avail- able to branches for showing to non- paying audiences. Troubled Waters, which runs for six minutes, shows a launch by night of the Walmer life- boat. Wrecks on the...
Category: Articles
Midley Belle (1)
Rising winds RYE AUXILIARY COASTGUARD requested the launch of Rye Harbour lifeboat at 1350 on Saturday October 3 following reports that the 24ft ketch Midley Belle was heading out to sea. It was a squally afternoon with moderate confused...
L–R: Poole Lifeboat Crew Volunteers Anne Millman, Mike Hallard, Dave Riley And Andy Elton
L–R: Poole lifeboat crew volunteers Anne Millman, Mike Hallard, Dave Riley and Andy Elton Photo: RNLI/Laura Wiltshire. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain John Watters, of Fowey
Coxswain John Watters of Fowey. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Reginald Frederick Bailey,
December 1998 Reginald Frederick Bailey, former Walmer second coxswain. Reginald was a crew member for over 13 years, bowman for over 4 years and second coxswain for 3 years.
He was awarded a certificate of thanks in...
Category: Obituaries
Centenary of Fowey Station
AT a ceremony in the Council Chamber at Fowey, Cornwall, on the 7th of December, 1959, Lieut.-Commander H.
H. Harvey, Western District Inspector, handed the vellum commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the establish-...
Category: Articles
William Miles
POBTHOAWI, SOUTH WALES.—The barque William, Miles, of London, bound from Havre to Swansea in ballast, stranded about half a mile east of Porthcawl, during a W.N.W. wind and a rough sea, at midnight on the 9ih August. She exhibited signals of...
Willie Ridley, of Plymouth
On the 29th January the brig Willie Ridley, of Plymouth, was seen to drag her anchor and drive a considerable distance towards the shore, until she was within a cable's length of the reef of rocks off the Western Beach, the wind blowing...
Fairey Marine Ltd
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Category: Advertisement
A Fishy Tale
Following a recent letter to RNLI Honorary Librarian Barry Cox regarding a 4ft cast iron codfish collection box at Robin Hood's Bay, we have now established that 'the fish' is considerably older than we first thought - with... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs