LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Anne, of Plymouth
On the 14th September, the brig Anne, f Plymouth, and the schooner Betsey, of Peterhead, during a heavy gale from the S.W., were compelled to anchor in an unsafe position near Holy head; on the 15th, the wind shifting, they dragged their...
Rare Snap of the Cromer Lifeboat Picking Up a Solitary Bomber Survivor on January 29 1942
Ran- snap of I lie Cmmer lifeboat picking up a solitary bomber survivor on January 29, 1942.. - View image in PDF
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A Bridge Marathon Held In March at the Home of Mrs Hilda Henshall Raised £71469 for the Rhosneigr Section of Holy Head Ladies' Guild
A bridge marathon held in March at the home of Mrs Hilda Henshall raised £714.69 for the Rhosneigr section of Holy head ladies' guild. The players, who kept going for just over 24 hours (to complete the last game!), present the... - View image in PDF
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J.G. Graves of Sheffield
J.G. Graves of Sheffield was the first of the 26 Oakley Mk1 s to be built between 1958 and 1971 and is displayed on a typical launching carriage of the period. The class was designed to be self righting while retaining a high degree of... - View image in PDF
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Ian Beavis Vice-President of Newport Branch Just Before Setting Off
Ian Beavis, vice-president of Newport branch, just before setting off for a sponsored swim from Egvpt Point, Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, to Lepe on the mainland. The twomile swim, during which Ian was escorted by his brother Donald in the... - View image in PDF
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The Barrels Lightvessel
Killmore, Co. Wexford - At 5.30 p.m.
on loth October, 1966, the Irish Lights office asked the honorary secretary if the life-boat would take a man off the Barrels lightvessel as he was urgently required in Wexford. The life...
As Soon As News Was Received of the Missing Longhope Life-Boat a Watch Was Kept for Survivors Who Might Have Come Ashore. Here Police Officers Are Scanning the Turbule
As soon as news was received of the missing Longhope life-boat a watch was kept for survivors who might have come ashore. Here police officers are scanning the turbulent waves.. - View image in PDF
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Sea-Coroner Suggested
An attentive consideration of the wreck chart appended to the Northumberland Report, and a careful examination of the returns of wrecks by the Coast-Guard officers, forcibly impresses on the mind the painful conviction that the greater part...
Category: Articles
Stormy Stan Says...
Stormy Stan, the hero of 'Storm Force', the RNLI's club for the under-16s, appears regularly in the club's magazine Storm Force News. Here is a taster of the tales he spins and the advice he gives to young...
Category: Articles
The Yarmouth High and Dry
The Great Yarmouth and Gorleston life-boat rescued her crew of eleven (See page 167). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs