LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Joseph Houlihan Motor Mechanic of Valentia Lifeboat Was Awarded the Bronze Medal
Joseph Houlihan, motor mechanic of Valentia lifeboat, was awarded the bronze medal for the slnglehanded rescue of two men from a capsized dinghy in 1963.. - View image in PDF
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The Motor Cruisers Lady Betty and Celeriter
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 7.30 on the morning of the 7th of November, 1952, the life-boat E.M.E.D. left Harwich for her station, after towing in the motor barge Sway. At the same time the Walton-on-the-Naze j coastguard telephoned the...
Left: Launching the Rigid
Left: Launching the rigid inflatable lifeboat from the beach at Ptettenburg Bay. - View image in PDF
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The German Fisheries Cruiser Frithjof
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 5th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the German fisheries cruiser Frithjof had asked for the life-boat to land a British trawler- hand who was...
Flora, of Poole
The small surf Life-boat on this station, the Duff, went off on the 16th January, 1871, to the brig Flora, of Poole, which had parted her anchors and gone on the beach during a strong gale from the South. Proceeding through a heavy surf to...
In May 1969 the Daily Mirror Handed Over a Cheque for £10,192 to the RNLI In Tribute to the Eight Men Who Lost Their Lives When the Longhope Orkney Life-Boat Capsized
In May, 1969, the Daily Mirror handed over a cheque for £10,192 to the R.N.L.I, in tribute to the eight men who lost their lives when the Longhope, Orkney, life-boat capsized. Most of the money came from readers. Mr. Hugh Cudlipp (left)... - View image in PDF
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Derby Branch Commissioned Roderick Lovesey the Derbyshire Artist
Derby branch commissioned Roderick Lovesey, the Derbyshire artist, to paint a lifeboat scene. A raffle for the original oil painting, The Rescue, is just ending, but a limited edition of 250 full colour prints (19'/2inx.26in) each signed... - View image in PDF
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In the After Cabin of Each Lifeboat Sensitive Pens Kept a Ceaseless Scientific Chronicle
In the after cabin of each lifeboat sensitive pens kept a ceaseless scientific chronicle. . . .. - View image in PDF
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(Below) Coxswain C Collins and the Young Crew of Baltimore Lifeboat
(Below) Coxswain C Collins and The Young Crew of Baltimore Lifeboat. - View image in PDF
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Lifeboat Matthew Simpson Going to the Help of Steam Drifter Harmony
Lifeboat Matthew Simpson going to the help of steam drifter Harmony.. - View image in PDF
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