LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
One Wet and Windy Sunday In May a Group of Brownies Took Part In a Beach Clean at Kingsdown Beach
One wet and windy Sunday in May a group of Brownies took part in a beach clean at Kingsdown Beach. The £30 they earned in sponsorship was given to the lifeboats. photograph by courtesy of Basil M. Kidd. - View image in PDF
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Salcombe's Eight
Peter Hodges, station honorary secretary and Frank Smith, coxs wain accept the pain ting form Mick Ewins and Don Slade of Ryan Slade Associates. - View image in PDF
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Megger to the Rescue
Divisional Technician Gwyn Pritchard and Dover Coxswain Duncan McKie receive five free electrical test meters from Nick Hilditch of Megger Ltd. - View image in PDF
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Resolutions Passed at This Annual Meeting for 1888
His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, E.G., PRESIDENT or THE INSTITUTION, IN THE CHAIR.
1.—Moved by His Grace THE PRE- SIDENT.
Seconded by Sir EDWARD BIRK- BECK, Bart., M.P., JVP.
That...
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Mary Bridget, of Wexford
APRIL 13TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 7.10 in the morning a message was received from the owner of the fishing boat Mary Bridget, of Wexford, that she was missing. She had a crew of three.
A southerly wind was...
Beyond the Call:
Beyond the call: many lifeboatmen are prepared to give up time fund raising in addition to hours spent at sea. Motor Mechanic Mike Beach (I) and Crew Member Derek Payne (r) of Newhaven have recently been awarded a framed certificate and... - View image in PDF
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The Motor Drifter Yankee Girl
JAN. 2ND. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK.
At 8 P.M. the life-boat coxswain saw a flare about three miles south of Ballycotton Light.
A moderate W.N.W. breeze was blowing with a heavy swell. The S.S. Innisfallen...
The Trinity House Vessel Triton
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 2.34 on the afternoon of the 24th of March, 1960, the district superintendent of Trinity House at Great Yarmouth informed the honorary secretary that the Trinity House vessel Triton was unable to...
Sir William Hillary, Bart
AMONG those men distinguished in the annals of their country for their exertions in the cause of humanity in saving life from ship- wreck, the name of Sir WILLIAM HILLARY must always claim a foremost place, not only as having personally...
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The Old Life-Boat Station at South Sands from Which the William and Emma Set Out In 1916 and (right) the Names of the 13 Local Life-Boatmen Who Perished In the Disaster
The old life-boat station at South Sands from which the William and Emma set out in 1916 and (right) the names of the 13 local life-boatmen who perished in the disaster. It was Richard Durant, of Sharpham, Totnes, who gave Salcombe its first... - View image in PDF
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