LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The H F Bailey Lifeboat In Which Coxswain Henry Blogg of Cromer Saved So Many Lives Coining Alongside HMS Belfast In the Thames on November 9 When the Pr
The H. F. Bailey lifeboat in which Coxswain Henry Blogg, of Cromer, saved so many lives, coining alongside H.M.S. Belfast in the Thames on November 9 when the press saw the veteran craft which has been sold to Leisure Sport Ltd,... - View image in PDF
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The Annual Harvest Festival Service Was Held at Glynne Arms Hotel Hawarden on October 4 Mr Jakeman Licensee Welcomed Everyone and Especially the Very Reveren
The annual harvest festival service was held at Glynne Arms Hotel, Hawarden, on October 4. Mr Jakeman, licensee, welcomed everyone and especially the Very Reverend Spencer Ellis, retired Dean of St Asaph, who conducted the service, and the... - View image in PDF
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Failsafe Part 1- Capsizing and Righting By James Paffett Rcnc Ceng Frina Honfni Frsa Chairman of the Technical Consultative Committee
ON APRIL 10, 1983, Salcombe's 47ft Watson lifeboat The Baltic Exchange, searching for missing divers at the southern end of Start Bay, was hit by mountainous seas in a force 11 storm.
The first of two tremendous seas, a...
Category: Articles
An Epilogue to the Loss of Solomon Browne from Dr D W L Leslie Chairman Penlee Station Branch
MOUSEHOLE VILLAGE and harbour just west of Penzance is famous for its display of Christmas lights—an enterprise supported by the whole village and particularly by the Penlee lifeboat crew. Last year Charles Greenhaugh, as chairman of the...
Category: Articles
A Whaler
WHALER HAD CAPSIZED Gourdon, Kincardineshire. At 11.35 a.m. on 28th July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a navaltype whaler had capsized off the Todhead lighthouse, throwing the six occupants into the sea. The tide had...
The 52Ft Barnett Relief Lifeboat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse While at Ramsey During a Passage from Holyhead to Arranmore Launched on the Morning of Janu
The 52ft Barnett relief lifeboat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse, while at Ramsey during a passage from Holyhead to Arranmore, launched on the morning of January 23 to take over from HMS Soberton the tow of Dutch, a converted ship's... - View image in PDF
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Girls and Boys from Connah's Quay Held a Sponsored Swim and Raised £15432 a Cheque for This Amount Was Presented to Mrs E L Coppack Secretary of the Conn
Girls and boys from Connah's Quay held a sponsored swim and raised £154.32. A cheque for this amount was presented to Mrs E. L. Coppack, secretary of the Connah's Quay branch, at the pool side.
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West Mersea and Clacton-On-Sea: the Greek Cargo Ship Protoklitos
West Mersea and Clacton-on-Sea: The Greek cargo ship Protoklitos was at anchor in the Blackwater Estuary when, on Monday February 7, fire broke out in her engine room and spread to her accommodation. It was a very cold day with a strong... - View image in PDF
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Inspired By Winter Gales and Accounts of Shipwrecks at Sea the Children of Whittington Oval Junior School Stechford Birmingham Decided to Help the Rnli and Collected
Inspired by winter gales and accounts of shipwrecks at sea, the children of Whittington Oval Junior School, Stechford, Birmingham, decided to help the RNLI and collected £281 entirely on their own initiative. Ideas included sponsored... - View image in PDF
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John Hartland, a Helmsman of the D Class Inshore Lifeboat at Withernsea
John Hartland, a helmsman of the D class inshore lifeboat at Withernsea, joined the lifeboat crew in 1987.
In 1991 he was awarded a Bronze medal in recognition of his high standard of seamanship and great courage, when on... - View image in PDF
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