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A Whaler

Date: December 1964

Volume: 38

Issue: 410

WHALER HAD CAPSIZED Gourdon, Kincardineshire. At 11.35 a.m. on 28th July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a navaltype whaler had capsized off the Todhead lighthouse, throwing the six occupants into the sea. The tide had...

Diving for Cash:

Date: Winter 1988

Volume: 50

Issue: 503

Diving for cash: For 12 vears regulars at the Three Cups in Stamford Bridge have been throwing their loose change down a 30ft well through port holes in the bar. Diver Phil Peace went down the well from a trapdoor behind the bar" to... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

(Below Right) a Little In-Joke

Date: Autumn 1997

Volume: 56

Issue: 542

(below right) A little in-joke - the contact board for ihe replica lifeboat station carries the names of the volunteers!. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Flyby Sunday

Date: Spring 1998

Volume: 56

Issue: 544

Branch cooperation was the name of the game at the Shepway Air Show at Folkestone in September.. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Wellington

Date: August 1885

Volume: 12

Issue: 137

PLYMOUTH and YEALM RIVER.—On the night of the 28th of January the Plymouth Life-boat Clemency and the Yealm River Life-boat Bowman went out in reply to signals of distress shown by the barque Wellington, of Windsor, N.S. The wind was blowing...

Eliza

Date: August 1894

Volume: 15

Issue: 173

FILEY.—The coble Eliza, having on board a crew of three men who were fishing, on the 8th January, was lost sight of,and as darkness was approaching and the wind and sea were increasing it was considered advisable to take out the Life-boat...

Silver Medal for Norwegians

Date: September 1966

Volume: 39

Issue: 417

As reported in the June issue of THE LIFE-BOAT the Norsk Selskab til Skibbrudnes Redning - the Norwegian Life-boat Institution - is celebrating its 75th anniversary this month.

Commander F. R. H. Swann, R.N.V.R., a deputy...

Category: Medals

Spurn Head and Its Spit Are Fascinating Geological Features

Date: Summer 1997

Volume: 55

Issue: 541

Spurn Head and its spit are fascinating geological features - but they are a problem for the RNLI and the Humber Pilots who both operate there.

The lifeboat can be seen lying afloat off the T-shape pier on the left of the... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

(Right) This Dramatic Shot, a 'Grab' from a Video

Date: Summer 1998

Volume: 56

Issue: 545

(right) This dramatic shot, a 'grab' from a video, shows the immense seas running as Signature enters Tynemouth Harbour. The pier visible in the photo is on the south side of the entrance, which is directly astern of the... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Sceptre

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

MAY 8TH. - SEAHAM, DURHAM. The motor life-boat Elizabeth Wills Allen was launched at 10 A.M. to the help of the motor fishing boat Sceptre, of Sunderland, which was aground on the rocks to the south side of the harbour. The sea was smooth....