LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
French Medals for Cromer
IN a whole gale on the 8th of July, 1948, the Cromer life-boat rescued the crew of sixteen men of the French collier Francois Tinier, of Dunkirk. For this rescue the French Government have awarded Coxswain H. T. Davies, the French Maritime...
Category: Medals
End of An Era:
End of an era: on the retirement of Coxswain David Cox of Wells I above) til the end of August, the station was without / member of the Cox family fur the first time in three generations. David Cox was a member of the crew for 43 vears and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Contents
Contents RNLI News. 75 Volume L Number 498 Lifeboat Services. 77 Chairman: THE DUKE OF ATHOLL The RNLI in Ireland, by Edward Wake-Walker 83 Director and Secretary: REAR ADMIRAL W J GRAHAM CB MNI Waiting for Rescue part II, by J. D....
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Cover Picture
Volume L Number 501 RNLI News.
Lifeboat Services.
Training in focus, with the 1987 medallists.
187 189 194 Chairman: THE DUKE OF ATHOLL Director and Secretary: REAR ADMIRAL W J GRAHAM CB... - View image in PDF
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Life-Boat Services
BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—On the 2nd of September a strong gale and heavy sea having sprung up, two large herring-boats, in attempting to get into Berwick Harbour, got to leeward of it, and went on shore. A steam-tug proceeded to their assistance,...
Category: Services
Bilboa, of Seatham
Soon after dark on the 28th December, signal lights and rockets were seen in the direction of the West Scroby Sands, by the beachmen at Caister, on the Norfolk coast. The same life-boat was at once launched, and, proceeding to the sands,...
Past Times
Man overboard The dangers of the sea were tragically demonstrated on 18 March 2006 when David Clear was washed off his yacht, Past Times, off St Aldhelm's Head near Swanage, Dorset. His inexperienced crew member made a Mayday call but...
Coxswain Thomas Henny
The Institution also deeply regrets the death of five other former cox- swains :— COXSWAIN SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAM ANDERSON, of the Humber.
COXSWAIN WILLIAM DYKE, of Swanage.
COXSWAIN ALEXANDER ...
Category: Obituaries
(Above) Three Cheers for Her Majesty As Britannia Passes Joy and John Wade
(Above) Three cheers for Her Majesty as Britannia passes Joy and John Wade.. - View image in PDF
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The Crew Have Their Photograph Taken With Mrs Flo Smith and Her Family
The crew have their photograph taken with Mrs Flo Smith and her family. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs