LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Ihe historic Cutty Sark set records in the wool trade between...
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Coxswain Harold Coyde, Who Was Awarded the Institution's Silver Medal for a Service In 1964,
Coxswain Harold Coyde, who was awarded the Institution's silver medal for a service in 1964, is in charge of the Torbay life-boat.. - View image in PDF
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Sea Beat (Continued from Page 270)
(continued from page 270) away and, on the first attempt to launch through the heavy surf, the boat was thrown back broadside on to the beach.
With perseverance, however, the crew managed to get through the surf and then...
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Silver Line and Britannia
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—At 6.45 on the^morning of the 14th of November, 1956, the coxswain received a message from a local fisherman that two fishing cobles were at sea with the weather becoming worse. At 7.35 the life-boat Friendly Forester...
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Fowey, Cornwall. At 9.32 on the evening of the 3rd of May, 1958, the Polruan coastguard told the honorary secretary that a white flashing light had been seen three to four miles south-east of the look-out. At 9.40 the life-boat Deneys Reitz...
General Seely Helping to Haul Up the Brooke Life-Boat
General Seely is the centre figure,. - View image in PDF
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Boxing Day Dip
This incriminating picture of Rab Rice, Larne lifeboat mechanic, and his 'girlfriend' was taken at the East Antrim Boat Club sponsored swim on Boxing Day 1999.
The event saw 23 swimmers from the boat club, local... - View image in PDF
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Cheetah II
At 3.25 a.m. on igth June, 1966, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a red flare had been sighted some five miles from the coastguard lookout. The life-boat Edian Courtauld was launched at 3.52 in a gentle westerly wind and amoderate...
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Salcombe, Devon. At 2.50 on the morning of the 7th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a boy was missing at Burgh Island and that it was thought he had fa!!en over a cliff. A request was made for the help...
On the High Seas
ALTHOUGH the work of the Institution is to succour those in peril from shipwreck round our coasts, it is well that we should never forget the perils of those on the high seas, the gallant rescues performed there, and the long suffering which...
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