LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fred Walkington (I) and Brian Bevan Fred Walkington Joined Bridling Ton Lifeboat Crew In 1965 and Was Appointed Coxswain In 1975; He Was Awarded the Bronze Medal In 1979 Brian Bevan Wa
Fred Walkington (I.) and Brian Bevan. Fred Walkington joined Bridling ton lifeboat crew in 1965 and was appointed coxswain in 1975; he was awarded the bronze medal in 1979. Brian Bevan was a member of Bridlington lifeboat crew from 1967 to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Boys stranded rr WAS AN HOUR before high water on the afternoon of Sunday July 20, 1986, when the honorary secretary of Westonsuper- Mare lifeboat station was contacted by Swansea Coastguard to be told that two boys were trapped by the tide...
Seven Men Rescued from Trawler Aground
FOUR minutes after midnight on I3th December, 1963, the coxswain of the Caister life-boat, J. R. Plummer, learnt from the Gorleston coastguard that a vessel appeared to be in trouble two miles from the North Denes look- out. Coxswain Plummer...
Category: Services
Pioneer
Fraserburgh, Aberdeensbire. — Early on the morning of the 5th October, 1939, the assistant harbour master saw distress signals coming from the bay. A strong E.S.E. wind was blowing with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat John and Charles...
Above: 'A Life-Boat Rescue
Above: 'A Life-boat Rescue with the Help of the Life-Saving Net' by Charles Pears RQI, published in 1924.
Category: Drawings
A Small Boat Named Mizpah
On the 15th August a youth was left in charge of a small boat called the Mizpah. He pushed off from the shore, but in doing so lost one of the oars, and in the pre- vailing gale quickly drifted out to sea.
He was seen...
The Motor Ferry Boat Colonsay
Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At ten o'clock on the night of the 12th of June, 1952, a resident of Bonahaven reported that a motor boat had run ashore half a mile from Bonahaven, and at 10.20 the life-boat Charlotte Elizabeth left her moorings....
Arcadia and the S.S. Eastwood (1)
JANUARY 9TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK, AND SKEGNESS LINCOLNSHIRE.
Information was received at Wells from the coastguard at about 4.48 PM. that a tug was showing flares off Scolt Head. A strong northerly wind was blowing, with a...
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1887
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD GEORGE HAMILTON, M.P., FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY, m THE CHAIR.
1.—Moved by The Eight Hon. LORD GEORGE HAMILTON, M.P.
Seconded by The Eight Hon.
The EARL OF...
Category: Meetings
The Ex-Ship's Life-Boat Herald D.
Lifeboat and casualty swept by breakers during rescue The Director of the RNLI has written to the Cullercoats station congratulating the Helmsman, Robert Oliver, and the crew of the C class inflatable. The letter followed a service to an...