LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Three Medallists from Tenby
The coxswain, motor mechanic and bowman visit London to receive medals (see page 705). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Launches
ABERDEEN ON-1248(17-24): Aug 4. 23(x2) D-S36:Augl1(x2).23.30 ABERDOVEY B-TSfc Jul IS, 20,21.27: Aug2,ai1,1S,22,23,24(x3), ABERSOCH B-790; Jul 14, 20, 26; Aug 3. 4. S(x2), 7.
11.12.15.25,27 ABERYSTWYTH B-70* Jul 7,9, 10(x2)....
Category: Services
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CUT OFF BY TIDE At 5.52 p.m. on 9th August, 1964, the coastguard informed the life-boat's mechanic that the police had reported two people cut off by the tide on Renney rocks. There was a moderate west-northwesterly breeze with a heavy...
Trustful III
On the afternoon of the 26th of October, 1953, the Aberdeen No. 1 life-boat Hilton Briggs went to the help of the local fishing boat, Trustful III. In rough and confused seas a tow rope was made fast to the fishing boat, and the life-boat...
Coxswain Hugh Nelson (Centre) and the Donaghadee Crew Who Took Part In the Service to Princess Victoria on January 31 1953 Thirty-Four Lives Were Saved By Donaghad
Coxswain Hugh Nelson (centre) and the Donaghadee crew who took part in the service to Princess Victoria on January 31, 1953. Thirty-four lives were saved by Donaghadee and Portpatrick lifeboats in winds up to hurricane... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tim Batstone Passes Land's End on His Record-Breaking 1777 Mile Journey Round Britain Longships Lighthouse Is In the Background the Circumnavigation Took Him 70 Days In All
Tim Batstone passes Land's End on his record-breaking 1,777 mile journey round Britain. - View image in PDF
Longships Lighthouse is in the background. The circumnavigation took him 70 days in all.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Riddled Ventilating Pipe from the Eastbourne Lifeboat Jane Holland After Visiting Dunkirk In 1940 and (Below) Special War Artist Bryan De Grineau's Impression of the Du
Riddled ventilating pipe from the Eastbourne lifeboat Jane Holland after visiting Dunkirk in 1940, and (below) special war artist Bryan de Grineau's impression of the Dunkirk evacuation in full swing. An RNLI lifeboat is... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Books
BooKs BOOKS From the history of lifeboats and lighthouses to pastimes for Winter evenings, Carol Waterkeyn reviews what’s new on the shelves this season Sea stories – new writing from the National Maritime Museum Various writers This...
Category: Articles
Books
• Patrick Howarth, who retired as the RNLI's public relations officer in 1979, is far from retired from his career as an author. His latest book, George VI (Hutchinson, £12.50) recently published, is a meticulous biography of a shy,...
Category: Articles
A Fine Service at Holyhead
ON the evening of the 7th October, 1938, a small coaster was reported by the coastguard watchman at Rhosneigir to be making distress signals between Rhosneigir and Porthdinllaen. The Porthdinllaen and Holyhead life-boat stations were...
Category: Services