LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Skerryvore
Margate, Kent.—At 12.41 in the afternoon of the 21st of August, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was aground at Foreness Point, and a second message said that a man could be seen in the water. The life- boat, The Lord...
Akyab
Large flares were seen in the direction of the Cross Sand at 9 P.M. on Sunday the 8th of March, and the Lightships fired guns and rockets. The No. 1 Lifeboat, Covent Garden, went to the sand, and found the three-masted schooner, Akyab, of...
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to tht ooat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
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Troubleshooter Sir John Harvey Jones
Troubleshooter Sir John Harvey Jones talks to lifeboat coxswains Malcolm MacDonald, Frank Smith and Steve Vince aboard Lerwick's new Severn class lifeboat during the making of the video 'Preserving all You Value'.. - View image in PDF
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Thrive
A t about noon on the 24th March a sudden squall sprang up in Fraserburgh Bay. This developed later into a N.W. gale with a heavy sea. Shortly after 1 P.M. the harbour-master tele- phoned that the Fraserburgh and Cairnbulg fishing fleets...
Photo South Wales Evening Post (Left) Vice President of the RNLI the Duke of Atholl Presides Over the Scottish Region Draw at the King James Thistle Hotel.
Photo South Wales Evening Post left) Vice President of the RNLI The Duke of Atholl presides over the Scottish Region draw at the King James Thistle Hotel. - View image in PDF
Photo Capital Press. - View image in PDF
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Tam o’ Shanter
APRIL 6TH - 7TH. - CLACTON, ESSEX. At 12.55 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a barge was showing signals of distress about five miles off Clacton, and the Clacton motor life-boat Edward Z. Dresden was launched at 1.15. A...
A Vessel (21)
JUNE 13TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET. A small vessel was on fire, but she had burnt to the water's edge. As she might continue to burn in the darkness, or become a danger to navigation, she was sunk by the life-boat.- Rewards, £18 10s..<...
A Pirate Invasion of the Trent Navigation Inn Was Part of the Pub's Lifeboat Day Which Raised £100 Here Donclarke the Event's Organiser Hands Over a Cheque for the Takings to Mr C G Pole Ca
A pirate invasion of the Trent Navigation Inn was part of the pub's lifeboat day which raised £100. Here, DonClarke, the event's organiser, hands over a cheque for the takings to Mr C. G. Pole Carew, High Sheriff of Nottingham... - View image in PDF
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National Sponsored Swim 197Ii72 Made £20286 for Rnli Funds on May 10 Norman Crumble Chairman Cac Presented a Plaque to Ernest Warrington MBE
National sponsored swim 197II72 made £20,286for RNLl funds. On May 10 Norman Crumble, chairman CAC, presented a plaque to Ernest Warrington, MBE, president ASA, in gratitude for the generous support of the Amateur Swimming Association... - View image in PDF
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