LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Courtown: Buzzcut for the Boats
Courtown Sailing Club (CSC) member Paddy Mac Namara has raised €1,760 for the RNLI. Paddy let his hair grow for a year and then had it all shaved off – branding his event a Buzzcut for the Boats. The very generous donations came from members...
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‘THIS BRAVE OLD SEAMAN’
I thought you might be interested in the enclosed taken from The Seamen of the Downs by the Rev Thomas Treanor, c1890s.
‘… There is a Norse flavour...
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The Barges Astrild and Grecian
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—On the 23rd November, 1938, the motor life-boat rescued the crews, four in number, of the two barges Astrild and Grecian.— Rewards: Bronze medal, letters of thanks, and monetary awards amounting to £49 14s....
On the Way to the Cenotaph. Taken Outside Life-Boat House, Charing Cross Road, London
Taken outside Life-boat House, Charing Cross Road, London.
Left to right: Coxswain Cross (Humber), Miss Stcphenson and Mrs. Slanton (Boulmer), Coxswain Fleming (Gorleston). and Coxswain Dobson (Donna Nook). In the... - View image in PDF
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Flo & Dick Smith Is Launched. In the Background Is the Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station
Flo & Dick Smith is launched. In the background is the Trearddur Bay lifeboat station and the crowd who attended the ceremony. - View image in PDF
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U.S. Coast Guard Experimenting With Mines for the Destruction of Icebergs
US Coast Guard Experimenting With Mines For The Destruction of Icebergs. - View image in PDF
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Trainee Lifeboat Crews Stay Safe Underwater With The Help Of RNLI Divers
trainee lifeboat crews stay safe underwater with the help of RnLI divers. - View image in PDF
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Border Chieftain, of Hartlepool
— On the 19th March, as the brig Border Chieftain, of Hartlepool, was coming into the Tyne under charge of a pilot, a sea struck her steering wheel, injuring the man at the helm, and she was driven on the Stones south of the North Pier,...
Desmond Carrington (Right) Digs Deep In the Drum for the Winning Ticket In the Rnli's Draw
Desmond Carrington (right) digs deep in the drum for the winning ticket in the RNLI's 52nd national lottery draw. With him are Anthony Oliver (centre) deputy head of fund raising and marketing and Peter Holness, corporate fund raising... - View image in PDF
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Past & Present
100 Years Ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, August, 1888 Issue.
Brighstone Grange and Brooke, Isle of Wight On the afternoon of the 9th March, the ship Sirenia, of Glasgow, bound from San Francisco for Dunkirk with a...
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