LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lily Dale
ST. DAVID'S. —While a gale from W.S.W. was blowing and a very high sea was running, on the 24th March, signals were fired by the South Bishop Lighthouse. At 5 P.M. the Life-boat Gem was launched, made for St. David's Head, and found...
The Handing Over Ceremony
The handing over ceremony and service of dedication of the Hayling Island Atlantic 21 lifeboat Aldershot took place at Hayling Island station on Saturday July 4. Aldershot branch, a bequest from Mrs D. M. Chartres and a gift from Cramer all... - View image in PDF
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RNLI Director Brian Miles (Centre) and Deputy Director Ray Kipling (Left) Discuss the Sale of Waveney Class Lifeboats to Guillermo Perez Lavagnini
International cooperation in action. RNLI Director Brian Miles (centre) and Deputy Director Ray Kipling (left) discuss the sale of Waveney class lifeboats to Guillermo Perez Lavagnini, the president of the Uruguayan Sea Rescue Association.... - View image in PDF
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Left: Ballyglass Lifeboat, Lies Afloat
Left: Ballyglass lifeboat, lies afloat just off the station's new crew facility which can be seen to the left of the photograph.. - View image in PDF
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The Fraserburgh Motor Fishing Boat Violet
FEBRUARY 19TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
At 2.30 in the afternoon the life-boat coxswain saw a fishing boat heading for the harbour from the south. A gale was blowing from the north-west and the seas were very heavy on the...
Three Men Rescued from a Barge
AT 9.26 on the night of the 21st of October, 1955, the Southend coxswain, Sidney Page, learnt from the coast- guard that the S.S. Cardiff brook had wirelessed that she had seen a ship aground one mile north-north-west of the North-East Mouse...
Category: Services
Alva Bay
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 2.54 on the afternoon of the 25th of October, 1953, the coastguard tele- phoned that the tanker Alva Bay, of London, which was .one mile south-east of Mumbles Head, had reported that she had a very sick man on...
Desmond Carrington (Right) Digs Deep In the Drum for the Winning Ticket In the Rnli's Draw
Desmond Carrington (right) digs deep in the drum for the winning ticket in the RNLI's 52nd national lottery draw. With him are Anthony Oliver (centre) deputy head of fund raising and marketing and Peter Holness, corporate fund raising... - View image in PDF
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Hartley, of Southampton,
On the 24th of September, at 11 P.M., the brig Hartley, of Southampton, went on shore on the south end of the Goodwin sands, the wind blowing a strong gale from the S.W. at the time. At 1-40 A. si. alarm guns and rockets were observed on...
Coxswain Eric Ward of St.Ives
Coxswain Eric Ward of St Ives joined the All-weather lifeboat crew in 1973, and has been a crew member of the inshore lifeboat since 1966. He served as second coxswain from 1988 until his appointment as coxswain in... - View image in PDF
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