LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Chloe
Brothers and stations unite When Red Bay lifeboat crew were paged, there was no immediate threat to life for the couple on the yacht, Chtoe. Yet at Red Bay station brothers Tom and Paddy McLaughlin remember thinking: 'It was blowing a...
Two Brave Boys. Award of Vellums at Worthing
THE Institution's Thanks inscribed on Vellum have been presented to two boys of Worthing, Eric Mundell and Stanley A. Darkin, both aged fifteen, for rescuing two lives from shipwreck at great risk to themselves. On the morning of 2nd...
Category: Articles
The Wherry Uncle George
BOYS ADRIFT At 5.17 p.m. on 27th May, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three boys were adrift in an 18-foot wherry. Despite the light southeasterly breeze there was a thick fog with visibility down to 50 yards and a...
Portrait of a Coxswain
COXSWAIN THOMAS EDWIN DOUGLAS is seen above. He has been coxswain of the Holy Island life-boat since ist October, 1961, and previously served from January, 1945, as second coxswain. The Holy Island life-boat has been launched on service 39... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Seventy Pounds from the "Sea Microcosm."
IN The Lifeboat for June, 1929, it was announced that Dorothy Una Ratcliffe- Brotherton, F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S., of Leeds, had very kindly decided to devote the gross profits of the current number of her literary and artistic magazine, The...
Category: Donations
(Right) Wilhelm Kaisen the Federal Republic of Germany's Rescue Cruiser With Her Daughter Boat Ready to Launch Note Helicopter Working Platform Above
(Right) Wilhelm Kaisen, the Federal Republic of Germany's rescue cruiser, with her daughter boat ready to launch. Note helicopter working platform above.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Captain Owen Jones, of Moelfre, Anglesey
IN the early morning of 27th July a number of fishing boats went out from Moelfre, Anglesey. A gale sprang up and all the boats returned but one.
It was a sailing boat with only one man on board, Captain Owen Jones. The...
Category: Obituaries
Commodore the Duke of Montrose, K.T., C.B., C.V.O., V.R.D., LL.D., R.N.V.R.
COMMODORE THE DUKE OF MONTROSE, K.T., C.B., C.V.O., V.R.D., LL.D., R.N.V.R. - View image in PDF
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Category: Photographs
Below: Some of the Myriad Items Made at Cowes Inshore Lifeboat Centre
Below: Some of the myriad items made at Cowes Inshore Lifeboat Centre to turn mflatables into inflatable lifeboats intrigue young visitors.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The RNLI's Fleet of Inshore Lifeboats Do Sterling Service 365 Days a Year
The RNLI's Fleet Of Inshore Lifeboats Do Sterling Service 365 Days A Yea. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs