LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
St. Ives
ST. IVES, CORNWALL On the 24th October, 1945, the St. Ives life-boat rescued two persons from the ketch Minnie Flossie, of Bideford.
COXSWAIN WILLIAM PETERS was awarded the silver medal..
Category: Medals
Theodor, of Riga
WHITBURN.—The William and Charles Life-boat was launched at about 4.30 P.M.
on the 5th October and rescued the crew, consisting of six men, from the schooner Theodor, of Riga, which stranded on Whitburn Stile during a S.E....
Northern Queen, of Lowestoft
Aldeburgh, and Lowes toft, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 14th February, 1938, the Aldeburgh motor life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched at 8.30 A.M. on information from the Aldeburgh coastguard that a fishing smack was in distress several...
Straining Under the Weight of a Giant Bottle
Straining under the weight of a giant bottle full of money for the RNLI is Mike Fisher, landlord of The Wise Man, West Stafford, Dorset. When it was cracked open by Vic Pitman (/.), coxswain ofWeymouth lifeboat, it was found to contain £... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Twickenham and District Branch Held a 'Thank Yon Evening' for All Their Friends and Helpers at the British Motor Yacht Club Last November After a Cheese Salad And
Twickenham and District Branch held a 'Thank Yon Evening' for all their friends and helpers at the British Motor Yacht Club last November. After a cheese salad and wine supper came entertainment by international cabaret artists Joy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Rother James Cable, Last of the Class to Be Withdrawn from Aldeburgh In Late 1993, Shows the Differences Between This Class and the Earlier Oakleys.
The Rother James Cable, last of the class to be withdrawn from Aldeburgh in late 1993, shows the differences between this class and the earlier Oakleys.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ross Puma, of Grimsby
Longhope, Orkneys - On 1st April, 1968, the life-boat T.G.B. proceeded to the assistance of the motor trawler Ross Puma of Grimsby and rescued her crew of 15. A full account of this service will appear in the December issue of THE...
Wyre, of Fleetwood,
LYTHAM.—About 11 A.M. on the 11th April, the schooner Wyre, of Pleetwood, having had all her sails blown away, was forced ashore, by the violence of a N.W. gale, on the Horse Bank, at the entrance to the River Ribble. Heavy snow-squalls...
The Long Tow
The new Gorleston 44-foot steel life-boat Khami bringing in the Theodora after a round trip of nearly 100 miles on 4th September, 1967, when the 38-ton auxiliary yacht carrying 14 people got into difficulties in the North Sea. The photograph... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Frazer Picks the Winners
On 30 July actor Frazer Mines (best known as Joe Sugden from TV's Emmerdale) drew the winning tickets for the RNLI's 86th lifeboat lottery at RNLI Headquarters in Poole.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs