LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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fescue from the Johan Cottett, 5 February 1963 Coxsivain Hubert Tetit, guernsey TheNorwegianmerchantship/o/w iCo et( was 14 miles off LesHanois lighthouse, Guernsey, when her skipper radioed for help; his cargo had shifted and his vessel was...
Category: Medals
Mirror Image
Crewman steers yacht to place of safetyThere is no such thing as a routine job for lifeboat crews. When the Campbeltown lifeboat was called out on 1 October 2000, it was simply to escort a troubled yacht to the safety of Carnpbeltown Loch....
Christmas Cards and Calendars
THE Institution will again have a Christmas card and a pocket calendar for sale. The card will be a reproduction in colour of the picture on this page.
The original painting by Mr. Rowland Fisher, R.O.I., S.M.A., was...
Category: Advertisement
Lt-Cdr Adrian Thomas
Lt-Cdr Adrian Thomas, CO Solent SAR Flight, HMS Daedalus;. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) In the Calm After the Storm the Tiny Gap Into Which the Lifeboat Was Manoeuvred Can Clearly Be Seen. at the Time of the Service It Was Dark, Blowing Force 10
(Below) In the calm after the storm the tiny gap into which the lifeboat was manoeuvred can clearly be seen. At the time of the service it was dark, blowing Force 10 and with a large surge running. Photos Graeme Story, Lerwick. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dudley Branch
Following the loss of Penlee lifeboat in 1981, Dudley branch launched an appeal as a tribute to Mrs Mary Richards, mother of the late Coxswain Trevelyan Richards. A cheque for the £5,396.83 raised, which will go towards the purchase of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Village of Carbost
The village of Carbost, on the shore of a sheltered sea loch on the west coast of the Isle of Skye, together with the villages of Portnalong and Fiskavaig, forms a small community mostly of crofters and farmers. One perfect summer day last... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Award By the King of Norway to the Tynemouth Life-Boat Men
IT is very gratifying to be able to record that H.M. the King of Norway awarded a piece of silver plate to Robert Smith, the Coxswain of the Tynemouth Motor Life-boat Henry Vernon, and conferred Silver Medals and diplomas on the other...
Category: Awards
The St. Gowan Lightvessel
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 12.5 on the .
afternoon of the 5th of June, 1956, the coastguard reported that a man on the St. Gowan lightvessel was ill and needed a doctor. A quarter of an hour later the Superintendent of...
A Steamer (24)
SEPTEMBER 27TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINSHIRE.
A steamer had stranded, but her crew were rescued from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus from Johnshaven. - Rewards, £25 15s. 6d..