LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The 900-Ton Coaster Woodlark Aground on Rocks at Morte Point Woolacombe Devon on 13Th December 1967 and (Below) the Appledore Life-Boat Towing the Vessel
The 900-ton coaster Woodlark aground on rocks at Morte Point, Woolacombe, Devon, on 13th December, 1967, and (below) the Appledore life-boat towing the vessel clear.. - View image in PDF
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KEY Retirement Solutions
AGED 60 TO 90? HOMEOWNER? We kept our retirement dreams afloat A retired couple make the most of their retirement years with an equity release scheme Mr & Mrs Walkington had always harboured a lifelong dream of owning their own canal...
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Portrush
Godzilla looks as if she is beginning to feel the pace. It is hardlv surprising as she has had to battle against a strong northerly wind on her way into Portrush harbour, before turning for the finishing tine to overall first place in the... - View image in PDF
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Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain George Lamey, of Clovelly. He has been an officer of the life-boat for eighteen years, and coxswain for the past twelve years. In 1944 he was awarded the Institution's thanks on vellum for...
Category: Articles
Another Crew Back to Oars Walton and Frinton Crew and Launchers Row Three Tons of Boarding Boat: Coxswain Frank Bloom (On Tiller) Derek Halls Jim Berry Bryan Wa
Another crew back to oars . . . Walton and Frinton crew and launchers row three tons of boarding boat: Coxswain Frank Bloom (on tiller), Derek Halls, Jim Berry, Bryan Ward, Steve Betson, Jack Barrett and Bobby Kemp.. - View image in PDF
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February
FEBRUARY Launches 38 Lives rescued 58 FEBRUARY 3RD. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.
The life-boat coxswain and others were at the life-boat station when, at 3.40 in the afternoon, they saw a Typhoon aeroplane, flying low, crash in the...
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Lasting Legacies
The RNLI was left two extraordinarily generous gifts in Wills – £1M each – over the Winter.
Hugh and Molly Brown from Kinghorn (pictured) were longtime supporters of the RNLI. Their friend Charles Ritchie said: ‘Hugh...
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Mare
Sub-zero escort THE 445-TON CARGO VESSEL Mare, of Honduras, on route from Rotterdam to Dundalk with a cargo of iron ore, ran into difficulties on the night of January 12, 1987 when her load shifted and she developed a 20 to 30 degree list,...
Cavabien
Atlantic saves five from speedboat capsized in heavy surf Helmsman Brian Gould of the Cullercoats lifeboat has been awarded the Thanks of the Institution on Vellum for saving five people from their capsized speedboat on 8 April 1995.Crew...
Hartlepool Crew Fire Line-Throwing Pistol
Hartlepool Crew Fire Line-Throwing Pistol. - View image in PDF
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