LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Right: 11-Year-Old Suzanne Shepherd the Daughter of a Royal British Legion Member Presenting a Bouquet to the Queen
Right: 11-year-old Suzanne Shepherd, the daughter of a Royal British Legion member, presenting a bouquet to the Queen.. - View image in PDF
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Fineen, of Crookhaven
DECEMBER 31ST. - BALTIMORE, CO.
CORK. At 2.25 in the afternoon the civic guards at Goleen reported that a boat was sending up flares off Alderman Rock, and the motor life-boat Shamrock was launched at three o’clock. A...
Going Aboard Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse Ii In Millbay Docks the Duke of Kent Met Captain T G Hornsby (Left) Chairman Plymouth Branch Ray Sainsbury H
Going aboard Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II in Millbay Docks, the Duke of Kent met Captain T. G.
Hornsby (left), chairman Plymouth branch, Ray Sainsbury, honorary secretary, and Coxswain John... - View image in PDF
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The Invasion Barge L.C.V.P. 1058
AUGUST 30TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 9.10 in the morning the naval control reported that an invasion barge was lying near the Blacktail Spit Buoy with her engine broken down and nothing to secure her. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing...
The Launch Intrinsic and Westwind
Beaumaris, Anglesey. — At six o'clock on the evening of the 6th of September, 1950, the launch Intrinsic broke from her moorings. There was a very rough sea and a strong south-south-westerly gale, but her crew were in no immediate danger...
The Right Hon A. V. Alexander, C.H., M.P., Minister of Defence, and Coxswain William Peters, of St. Ives, Etc
The Right Hon A V Alexander CH MP Minister of Defence and Coxswain William Peters of St Ives Who Won The Silver Medal For Rescuing The Crew. - View image in PDF
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The Herring Boat Fisher Lads
Dungeness, Kent. At 8.10 a.m. on 3rd November, 1965, a local fisherman told the honorary secretary that a fishing boat, half a mile south of Dungeness, was flying a distress signal. The lifeboat Mabel E. Holland was launched at 8.28 a.m. in...
Graces, of Shields
On the 12th December the Thurso life-boat rescued the crew of 15 men from the barque Graces, of Shields, which was dragging her anchors in Thurso Bay, and had hoisted a signal of distress.
The Hopper Sir Joseph Rawlinson
HOPPER AND TUG COLLIDED Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 8.10 a.m. on 28th September, 1965, the coastguard reported that a collision had taken place near the South Oaze buoy and that there were people in the water. The lifeboat Greater London II...
The Harbour Motor Launch Scout
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 6th of October, 1955, a message was received from the pier- head at Ramsden dock that the local harbour motor launch Scout, which had a crew of two and which had put off to a dumb dredger...