LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Kiss for Her Rescuer
A four-year-old girl, who was rescued in June, 1968, from the water at Bude, Cornwall, by one of the crew of the local IRB, afterwards returned to give a him a kiss of thanks.
Her rescuer was Mr. John Bate, aged 25, and the...
Category: Articles
Putting Out to the Rescue
The Anstruther motor life-boat going to the help of fishing boats on 21st February, 1935. - View image in PDF
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Category: Photographs
As Lady Leaver Named the Prototype Tyne Fast Slipway
As Lady Leaver named the prototype Tyne fast slipway lifeboat RNLB City of London, she pressed a button and the bottle of champagne broke on deck.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Retirement of Mr. A. C. Butcher
AT the end of 1949, Mr. A. C. Butcher, M.I.Mech.E., M.I.Mar.E., the superin- tendent engineer, retired from the Institution on reaching the retiring age.
He had then been with it for over twenty-eight years. He joined its...
Category: Committee
Testing her mettle
The new RNLI memorial sculpture at Poole encapsulates the charity’s heritage and purpose – but who is behind its design?
It’s 7am and there’s a salty breeze blowing across the flats of Sittingbourne at the edge of...
Category: Articles
Three Oyster Skiffs -The Gertrude, Gladstone, and Shah
SWANSEA.—At 8 o'clock on the night of the 29th April, three oyster skiffs— the Gertrude, Gladstone, and Shah—were observed from the shore to be in distress off the Mumbles Head. The force of the gale had carried away their spars and...
Crew Member Gary Edwards' Photograph of His Fellow Crewmen Aboard Walton and Frinton Lifeboat on the Morning After the Service to Speedlink
Crew Member Gary Edwards' Photograph of His Fellow Crewmen Aboard Walton and Frinton Lifeboat on the Morning After The Service To Speedlink. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Mousse le Moyec
DECEMBER 6TH. - CLOVELLY. DEVON.
The S.S. Mousse le Moyec, of Lorient, was in distress, and the life-boat was launched with the help of all the women of the village, but she could not go beyond the race at Hartland Point in...
Gleaner, of Penzance
Penlee, Cornwall.—On the night of the 19th June a message was received that a boat was ashore near Carn Dhu, Lamorna Bay. There was no wind and the sea was smooth, but there was a very thick fog. The motor life-boat W. and S. was launched at...
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