LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Winter Gale
By the REV. THOMAS GUTHRIE, D.D.
THE gale of the 3rd of December last was a destructive hurricane. It would appear, from observations made at Liverpool, that its utmost severity fell on that town and its neighbourhood ;...
Category: Articles
1993 Awards
Awards to Coxswains, crew members and shore helpers 1993 The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement. Those entitled to them by the Institution's...
Category: Awards
A Sailing Dinghy
Ramsgate, Kent - At 6.3 p.m. on 12th June, 1968, while the life-boat was on exercise, the coastguard informed the crew that a sailing dinghy with three people on board had capsized in Pegwell bay. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis went to...
Membership News
And talking of parrots...
What does the word 'polylope' mean to you, apart from two love-struck parrots setting out on a new life together? In fact it represents an opportunity for significant cost savings to the...
Category: Articles
In London to receive their awards
In London to receive their awards (I to r): back row: Coxswain Michael Scales, St Peter Port, Helmsman David Munday, Selsey, and Helmsman Desmond Rogers, Portaferry.
Middle row: Coxswain Thomas Cocking, Senior, St Ives,... - View image in PDF
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Prince of Wales' Day In London. The Prince Arriving at Lambeth Town Hall
The Prince Arriving at Lambeth Town Hall. - View image in PDF
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A Small Sailing Boat
BULL BAY, ANGLESEY.—A small sailing boat, north of the Middle Mouse and drifting to sea, was seen by the coastguard, on the afternoon of the 26th August signalling for assistance. A message was at once sent to the Life-boat Station, and at 4...
Prosperity
ON THE SANDS Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. At 11.16 a.m. on yth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the police had reported a 6o-foot motor fishing vessel ashore on sands north of Rattray Head. At 11.33 ^ life-boat...
Queen Alexandra
ENGINE FAILED Workington, Cumberland. At 6.3 a.m. on 2nd November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen one mile off Workington.
There was a gentle north-easterly breeze with a...
Richard Dimbleby on Board the Walmer Life-Boat
(see page 593). - View image in PDF
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