LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Herald
Flares were observed by the Coastguard watchman at 3.30 A.M. on the llth February, from a vessel apparently ashore on the West Barnard Sands. There was a strong S.S.W. wind blowing, and a heavy sea was running, while the weather was bitterly...
Clutching Her Pooh Bear Laura Glover
Clutching her Pooh bear Laura Glover prepares to take part in the annual Pooh sticks race held on the bridge at Little Wittenham in Oxfordshire in January. In spite of rain and wind, 240 adults and children took part in the race, held over a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Vidonia
YOUGHAL, Co. CORK.—The William Beckett of Leeds Life-boat was launched at noon on the 15th February to the aid of the barquentine Vidonia, of Bridport, bound from Pernambuco with a cargo of sugar, which had stranded on the bar during a fresh...
Mr Tom Roskrow Senior Staff Photographer Western Morning News Has Been Awarded a Prize By Ilford Ltd for His Study of the 48-Foot 6-Inch Padstow Lifeboat at the Mom
Mr. Tom Roskrow, senior staff photographer, Western Morning News, has been awarded a prize by llford Ltd. for his study of the 48-foot 6-inch Padstow lifeboat at the moment of launching. Technical details are: M.P.P. camera, 12- inch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Prime Minister Mrs Margaret Thatcher With Second Coxswain Robert Jones Took the Wheel of Holyhead's New 52Ft Arun Lifeboat Hyman Winstone During a Visit on July 18 Mrs Thatcher Als
The Prime Minister, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, with Second Coxswain Robert Jones, took the wheel of Holyhead's new 52ft Arun lifeboat Hyman Winstone during a visit on July 18. Mrs Thatcher also met crew members and their wives and branch and... - View image in PDF
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A Sponsored 25-Hour Game of Crib Played By Brighton Policemen Sgt Peter Dear Pcs Dave Rowland Harold Green Kim Wood Roger Charles and Wpc Sue Boug
A sponsored 25-hour game of crib played by Brighton policemen. Sgt. Peter dear, PCs Dave Rowland.
Harold Green, Kim Wood.
Roger Charles and WPC Sue Bought en, raised £1,058 for Brighton's new ILB... - View image in PDF
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(Below) Weymouth Lifeboat the 52' Barnett Frank Spiller Locke Leaving Harbour at 1507 on Thursday June 12 to Help Four Canoeists Reported In Difficulty Off Bowleaze Co
(Below) Weymouth lifeboat, the 52' Barnett Frank Spiller Locke, leaving harbour at 1507 on Thursday, June 12, to help four canoeists reported in difficulty off Bowleaze Cove. The wind was gale force north-north-easterly, the sea rough... - View image in PDF
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Cmdr F R H Swann O.B.E. R.N.V.R. (Second Left) a Deputy Chairman of the R.N.L.I. at Lowestoftin February 1968 During a Tour of Life-Boat Stations
Cmdr. F. R. H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R. (second left), a deputy chairman of the R.N.L.I., at Lowestoftin February, 1968, during a tour of life-boat stations along the East Anglian coast. With him at the life-boat station (from left to right)... - View image in PDF
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RFD Company Ltd
Extensively used by the R.N.L.I.
for inshore rescue work, the inflatable R.F.D. PB-16 Z-Boat is capable of carrying 10 people and supporting manyinexcessofthat number. Being inherently buoyant, it is virtually unsinkable...
Category: Advertisement
The Countess of Dartmouth Being Presented With An Evening Stole, Hand-Knitted By Mr. George Welburn, Coxswain of Bridlington Life-Boat
The Countess of Dartmouth being presented with an evening stole, hand-knitted by Mr. George Welburn, coxswain of Bridlington life-boat. The presentation was made during the annual fashion show organized by the Bridlington branch of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs