LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Salcombe lifeboat THE HONORARY SECRETARY of SalCOmbe lifeboat station was informed by Brixham Coastguard at 1313 on Sunday April 10, 1983, that an inflatable dinghy had capsized on the Skerries Bank at the southern end of Start Bay: two...

THE Danish Government have awarded to Coxswain Richard Payne, of New- haven, Sussex, an inscribed Gold Watch, and to each member of the Newhaven Crew an inscribed Silver Cup, in recognition of their gallantry in rescuing the crew of the...

Aberdeen, Grampian March 7.

Aith, Shetland April 23.

Angle, Dyfed May 11 and 14.

Baltimore, Co. Cork April 8.

Barra Island, Western Isles March 22 and April 10.

Skipper plucked to safety through wheelhouse window in 30ft seas and Force 9 galeCoxswain Alan Thomas of the Tenby lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's silver medal for bravery following the rescue of three men from two fishing vessels...

Entries under ACCOMMODATION are offered at the special rate of £7.00 for up to words, including address and phone number. Additional words at 30p per word, minimum ten words. Other Classifications are at 30p per word minimum ten...

For the young adventurer

School Ship Tobermory by Alexander McCall Smith Twins Ben and Fee MacTavish, who are nearly 13, are all set to join the school ship Tobermory, where youngsters from all over the world learn to...

Berwick-on-Tweed: Old and new exercise together. The 42' Watson lifeboat William and Mary Durham was withdrawn from station to the relief fleet on September 17, 1976, being replaced by an Atlantic 21 ILB.

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LAST year the Institution presented Vellums to seventeen Life-boat Stations which had been in existence for a century and over. Up to the end of July this year seven more Stations received the same honour,* and since then Vellums have been...