LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bembridge Coxswain, Peter Smith, Was Knocked Unconscious When He Was Thrown Against a Stanchion While the Life-Boat, Jesse Lumb Was Battling Against Heavy Seas on a Service Call to a Yacht in Distress
Bembridge Coxswain, Peter Smith, Was Knocked Unconscious When He Was Thrown Against a Stanchion While the Life-Boat, Jesse Lumb Was Battling Against Heavy Seas on a Service Call to a Yacht in Distress. - View image in PDF
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August
Launches 50. Lives rescued 152.
AUGUST 1ST. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 4.14 P.M. the coastguard telephoned that the Longstone Lighthouse had been bombed by a German aeroplane and that the...
Category: Services
Prepare to Cast Off Forward! Paul Richard Wilkinson of High Wycombe Is Only Just a Year Old But Has All the Ingredients of An Old Sea Dog He Loves Boats and Anything To
Prepare to cast off forward! Paul Richard Wilkinson, of High Wycombe, is only just a year old, but has all the ingredients of an old sea dog. He loves boats, and anything to do with them; so his family, who call him the sea pup, have... - View image in PDF
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Mrs J B Ritchie President of Ramsey Branch and Ladies' Guild and Donor of Ramsey's 37Ft Oakley Lifeboat James Ball Ritchie and Port St.Mary's 54Ft Arun the Gough Ritchie Was Awarded Hon
Mrs J. B. Ritchie, president of Ramsey branch and ladies' guild and donor of Ramsey's 37ft Oakley lifeboat James Ball Ritchie and Port St Mary's 54ft Arun The Gough Ritchie, was awarded honorary life governorship of the... - View image in PDF
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Garry Windehunk—You Can Only See His Legs—Is Not Only Supporting a World Record Number of 76 Lyres Tit a Garage In Ramsey His Weightlifting Feat Is Also Supporting the Mountbatten of Burma Li
Garry Windehunk—you can only see his legs—is not only supporting a world record number of 76 lyres tit a garage in Ramsey, his weightlifting feat is also supporting the Mountbatten of Burma lifeboat appeal to the tune of £500 in... - View image in PDF
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Two Rare Postcards Sen! In By Mr F a Fletcher of East Boldon Tyne and Wear Co-Author of Two Books on Exhibitions Show a Lifeboat on Display at the Imperial Services Exhibition at Earls Court
Two rare postcards sen! in by Mr F. A. Fletcher of East Boldon, Tyne and Wear, co-author of two books on exhibitions, show a lifeboat on display at the Imperial Services Exhibition at Earls Court in 1913. The lifeboat was John and Amy, a... - View image in PDF
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And Another £227—With 75P Extra—Was Collected By Mr Swift of the Blue Posts Newman Street London Wl He Raised This Magnificent Sum Since July 1972 By Using
And another £227—with 75p extra—was collected by Mr Swift of The Blue Posts, Newman Street, London, Wl. He raised this magnificent sum since July 1972 by using his lifeboat box as a 'swear box' and by holding an annual Christmas... - View image in PDF
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Scarborough Lifeboat the 37' Oakley J G Graves of Sheffield Launched at 1945 on September 21 1976 With a Pump and Three Firemen on Board to Help Trawler Anmara
Scarborough lifeboat, the 37' Oakley J. G. Graves of Sheffield, launched at 1945 on September 21, 1976, with a pump and three firemen on board, to help trawler Anmara (with crew of three) under tow of trawler Carolanne and in danger of... - View image in PDF
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November
Launches 28 Lives rescued None
NOVEMBER 1ST. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 7.21 in the evening, the Wyke Regis coastguard reported a vessel aground on Shambles Bank. She was the Swedish tanker Ariston, of...
Category: Services
To Mark the Retirement of Willie Mceachern Motor Mechanic at Islay for 25 Years and a Lifeboatman of 40 Years Service He and His Wife Were Guests of Honour at a Carniva
To mark the retirement of Willie McEachern, motor mechanic at Islay for 25 years and a lifeboatman of 40 years service, he and his wife were guests of honour at a carnival dance in December—a gathering of friends and colleagues. During the... - View image in PDF
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