LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles
Escort duty ON TUESDAY, January 28, 1975, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Bridlington lifeboat at 1130 that a number of fishing cobles were still at sea and the weather was deteriorating.At 1235, high water, William Henry...
"Launch!"
The Prince of Wales's Introduction to General Seely's Life-boat Book.
H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, E.G., has written the following introduction to the book on the Life-boat Service by Major-General Seely :— "...
Category: Advertisement
Other IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 182, 792, and 201, the. following launches on service were made during the months March to May, 19673 inclusive: Abersoch,...
Category: Services
Mr G Jarvis of Goring-By-Sea
Mr G. Jarvis of Goring-by-Sea went with his wife to look for the Grace Darling oak. He sent this photograph saying, 'the tree is near the embankment, by the new Peace Pagoda'.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Contents
The Autumn 1990 Lifeboat Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 51 Number 513 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES RD FNIRNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Headquarters: Royal National Lifeboat Institution,...
Category: Contents
A Royal Air Force Machine
Montrose, Angus. — 14th October, 1937. A Royal Air Force machine had crashed in Lunan Bay and sunk. One man was lost. The other was rescued by a fishing boat.—Rewards, £9 12*. 6
The Decoration of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
LIST OF PERSONS on whom the Committee of Management have conferred (prior to 31st December, 1906) the Decoration of the Institution for conspicuous and special services in the Life-boat cause other than actual personal...
Category: Awards
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NOVEMBER 25TH. - SENNEN COVE PENLEE, AND THE LIZARD, CORN: WALL. After a naval and air battle in the Channel some ten miles off Wolf Rock Light, these three life-boats were asked by the coastguard to go out and search for survivors.
Free range
With the recession, volcanic ash, and concerns for the environment, more people are taking holidays closer to home, especially to walk our coastal paths. What is the impact on the RNLI?
Waves crashing on a sandy beach or...
Category: Articles
Golden Years
Drifting on to lee shore WITH WINDS OF STORM FORCE 10 tO 11 and a very heavy sea starting to break over the harbour wall, Acting Coxswain Thomas Devenny had set watch at Troon lifeboat store on the morning of Thursday October 18, 1984. At...