LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sonny Boy and Gowan Bank
Early on the 13th November a strong S.S.E. gale sprang up, with a very heavy sea. As all the small fishing boats were out, the life-boat coxswain and the coastguard kept watch. All boats came in except the Sonny Boy, and at 7.30 A.M. she was...
Princess Alexandra, Who Visited the R.N.L.I. Stand When Opening the International Boat Show at Earls Court on 6th January, 1965, Talks With Mr. J. Hodder, a Reserve Mechanic
Princess Alexandra, who visited the R.N.L.I, stand when opening the International Boat Show at Earls Court on 6th January, 1965, talks with Mr. J. Hodder, a reserve mechanic. Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., Chairman of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, the Newly Appointed Chairman of the Institution, Visited Blyth Life-Boat Station In September, 1967, With Lady Woods.
Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, the newly appointed Chairman of the Institution, visited Blyth life-boat station in September, 1967, with Lady Woods. Here he is shown talking to Coxswain S. Crawford aboard the life-boat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Exhibition In Manchester and Salford
THE life-boat exhibition which was given in London at the Charing Cross Underground Station in May and June of last year,1 was given this year for a fortnight in Manchester and a week in Salford.
The Manchester exhibition...
Category: Articles
(Right) Atlantic 21 Mike Pennell Divisional Inspector of Lifeboats (Eastern) at the Controls
(right) Atlantic 21, Mike Pennell, divisional inspector of lifeboats (eastern) at the controls.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Police Raise £250,000
Right: Smiles all round as Dr Ian Oliver, chief constable of Grampian Police and chairman of the Police Appeal steering committee, with Crimewatch presenter Sue Cook, hands over the Police Appeal cheque to RNLI Director U Cmdr Brian... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Seven Ships including the Orminster and the Browning (1)
GOLD MEDAL SERVICE AT NEWCASTLE JANUARY 21ST. - NEWCASTLE, AND CLOUGHEY, CO. DOWN. At 12.45 in the morning a message came to Cloughey from the coastguard that a steamer was ashore half a mile off Ballyquinton, and at 1.40 the life-boat...
Lifeboat Services (From Page 165)
Lifeboat Services (from page 165) Shetland Islands, that she was aground on Bressay Island in heavy seas and needed help. The Coastguard were already on the telephone to the honorary secretary of Lerwick lifeboat, who asked that maroons be...
Category: Services
M.F.V. Venture
MFV standing into danger SHEERNESS deputy launching authority heard from Warden Point Coastguard at 2200 on March 22,1974, that a boat three-quarters of a mile east north east of the Coastguard lookout was exhibiting red hand flares and was...
Longhope £3,000 raised from three islands tour
Keeping fundraising going after the Summer is no mean feat, but for some communities it can be even trickier. With residents
across Orkney keen to support their local crew, Longhope Lifeboat Guild volunteers toured their bazaar...
Category: Articles