LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Off Conway Castle
IN the Spring number there was a photograph of the Llandudno life-boat, off Conway Castle. This photograph was reproduced by very kind per- mission of the North Wales Weekly News, and we regret that no acknow- ledgment was made under the...
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Choosing An Oak Crook for the Stem of a Life-Boat
The Institution's two timber-converters at work.. - View image in PDF
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Silent, of Cowes
The Bembridge Motor Life-boat went out on 7th December to the help of the ketch Silent, of Cowes, and found her with her head sails blown away and her windlass smashed. Although she was sinking, the men on board refused to leave her, so the...
In May 1968 the First London Spring Fair In Which Many of the London Branches Co-Operated Was Held In Chelsea Old Town Hall 18-Year-Old Sarah Myles of London Wa
In May, 1968, the first London Spring Fair, in which many of the London branches co-operated, was held in Chelsea Old Town Hall. 18-year-old Sarah Myles, of London, was 'Miss Life-boat' and here she is shown driving along Kings Road,... - View image in PDF
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Hansy
At about 3 o'clock on the 3rd November the Norwegian ship Hansy, of about 1,500 tons, bound for Sydney with a cargo of timber, was wrecked at Penolver, owing to a south-west gale and heavy sea.
The coastguard with the...
The French Life-Boat Jean Charcot
SEPTEMBER 23RD. - APPLEDORE, DEVON. The French life-boat Jean Charcot, now in the service of the Institution, was on passage from Padstow to Milford Haven, but as a strong westerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea, the life-boat was unable...
Jabez, of Scarborough
— On the 23rd March, the brig Jabez, of Scarborough, was stranded on the Dutchman's Bank during a fresh gale from N.W. The Penmon life- boat put off, but after rescuing 5 of the shipwrecked crew, she capsized. She soon righted herself,...
Below Left: the New Beaumaris Atlantic 75
Below left: The new Beaumaris Atlantic 75 is officially named Blue Peter II by BBC Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq.. - View image in PDF
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Robert and Mary & The Brotherly Love
Three cobles put to sea in the early morning of the 22nd April, and at 8 A.M. one of them returned, as the sea was rapidly grow- ing. The other two—the Robert and Mary and the Brotherly Love—reached the roads about 10 o'clock, and lay...
Lenvick's 52Ft Arun Class Lifeboat Soldian Exercising With HM Coastguard's Rescue Helicopter Based at Sumburgh Photograph By Courtesy of Mrs Mckewan Br
Lenvick's 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Soldian, exercising with H.M. Coastguard's rescue helicopter, based at Sumburgh. Photograph by courtesy of Mrs McKewan, Bressay. - View image in PDF
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