LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Statement of Funds and Assets at 31st December, 1967
1966 £ 273,351 696,080 969,431 1,514,395 196,000 £2,679,826 ENDOWMENT FUNDS (Income only from which is available for expenditure in accordance with donors' directions) RESTRICTED FUNDS (to be applied as directed by donors)...
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The Inner Dowsing Lightvessel
FOUR WERE STRANDED Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 8.10 a.m.
on 2nd November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two men and two boys were stranded on the Inner Dowsing lightvessel. They had secured to the...
Professo
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. — The Two Sisters Life-boat was launched at 5.30 on the evening of the 2nd October, to the assistance of the brig Professo, of Tvedestrand, Norway, bound from Sundswall for Ramsey, with a cargo of timber. She was lying...
Sidelights on Stations
MR. TOM BOWMAN, the assistant tractor driver, Rhyl, had his car stolen from outside the boathouse while he was engaged on a launch on Good Friday. His son and Mr. Peter Hughes, both members of the Life-boat Guild, were in the boathouse at...
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The Royal Naval Motor Vessel Santa Cruz
St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—At 8.10 on the evening of the 2nd of August, 1957, the St. Abbs Head lighthouse-keeper reported that a small vessel had fired two rockets half a mile north-east of the lighthouse. At 8.20 the life-boat W. Ross...
The French Fishing Boat Henri Lucia
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - ST. MARY’S, ISLES OF SCILLY. The French fishing boat Henri Lucia had been driven ashore on the uninhabited island of Ganilly. Her crew of four got on to the island and the skipper stayed on board his boat, but none of them...
These Four Men from Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club
These four men from Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club set off at 5 o'clock in the morning to play 100 holes of sponsored golf for the RNLI. Their marathon ended at 7 o'clock in the evening after the completion of six rounds—no less... - View image in PDF
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The Danish Fishing Vessels Dora Veno and Peter Veno
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 5.40 in the evening, on the 30th of No- vember, 1950, the coastguard reported that a vessel was making a flare off North Head. At 5.55 the life-boat Julia Park Barry, of Glasgow, was launched in a moderate sea...
Hands-on history of lifesaving
A 2-year interactive exhibition on search and rescue has opened at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth.
We’ve loaned the museum a B class lifeboat, a lifeguard all-terrain vehicle and a range of collection...
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Away! Launch Practice for Lifeboat RA Colby Cubbin No 1 Upper Photograph By Courtesy of Manx Press Pictures; Lower Photograph By Courtesy of W S Basnett
Away! Launch practice for lifeboat R.A. Colby Cubbin No. 1. - View image in PDF
Upper photograph by courtesy of Manx Press Pictures; lower photograph by courtesy of W. - View image in PDF
S. Basnett. - View image in PDF
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