LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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...
Category: Articles
Alnair, of Monrovia
Penlee, Cornwall - At 7 p.m. on 5th July, 1966, news was received that there was a sick man on board the Liberian tanker Alnair of Monrovia, which was some distance out. The life-boat Solomon Browne was launched at 4.25 a.m. on 6th July in a...
Left: the Rigid Inflatable Vulture
Left: The rigid inflatable Vulture, which continued in seas of over 15ft and in Gale force conditions to rescue the fishing vessel in difficulty.
Her crew have been awarded the RNLI's Bronze medal for their bravery..<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
William, of Morecambe
On the 9th February, the schooner William, of Morecambe, was driven ashore in a terrific gale, near Arklow. The life-boat at that place was launched, and with great diffi- culty, owing to the force of the wind, suc- ceeded in rescuing the...
Margaret Anne, of Preston
On the 9th February the schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston, laden with coals, was driven ashore north of the harbour of Skerries, in a heavy easterly gale. The Skerries life-boat imme- tliately proceeded to her aid, and took off her crew,...
Life-Boat Exhibition at Greenwich
Last spring the Trustees of the National Maritime Museum at Green- wich, and the Museum's director, Mr.
Frank Carr, decided to arrange a special life-boat and life-saving exhibition.
To the...
Category: Articles
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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Summary of Accounts for 1979
A VISUAL REPRESENTATION Full accounts are available from Poole headquarters and a detailed report of the annual general meeting held on May 22 at the Royal Festival Hall, London, will be published in the autumn issue O/THE LIFEBOAT.
Category: Accounts
During the Ceremony at Newhaven Two Unusual Presentations Were Made to Coxswain Len Patten; the First (Above) a Spare Pair of Gleaming Propellers from Bitterne
During the ceremony at Newhaven two unusual presentations were made to Coxswain Len Patten; the first (above), a spare pair of gleaming propellers from Bitterne and Woolston Round Table, and the second (below), a small barrel of brandy from... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Danish Brig Alexander
On the j 27th March the Mary Ann Story, the Life-boat stationed here, rendered im- portant services to the Danish brig Alex- j ander when that vessel was in a distressed j state near the Manacles Bocks on the Cornish...