LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy
KASTBOURNK: Two 11-year-old boys were rescued by Eastbourne's I6f't I) class inflatable lifeboat on the evening of Thursday, January 7, 1988, after their small dinghy filled with water and began to sink. Their cries for help were...
St. Ives Disaster Fund
SINCE the Mayor of St. Ives's fund for the dependents of the life-boatmen who lost their lives when the life-boat was wrecked on 23rd January last, was closed at the sum of £10,500, a gift of £1,670 9s. 7d. has come from South...
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A Winter Sponsored Raft Race on the River Dee Organised By the Aberdeen Branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club Raised £380 for Aberdeen's New Arun Lifeboat Bp Fortie
A winter sponsored raft race on the River Dee organised by the Aberdeen Branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club raised £380 for Aberdeen's new Arun lifeboat BP Forties. The 27 starters were sent on their way by Coxswain Albert Bird, who... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Schoolgirl a Fairy a Clown a Nurse and a Baby from Dunfermline
A schoolgirl, a fairy, a clown, a nurse and a baby from Dunfermline crawled round their local pubs—soft drinks only—and collected £180 for the RNLI. In real life they are (I to r) Hilary and Mick Fairhurst, Tony Taylor, Valerie and... - View image in PDF
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An Aeroplane
Sheringbam, Norfolk.—On the 27th March, at the request of the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire, the motor life-boat Foresters Centenary put out to search for the Duchess of Bedford who, some days before, had set out on a short trip by...
Three Brothers, Victory Rose,Gem,Lead Us, Pilot Me,Faith Star,Venus,Galilee
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 21st of May, 1955, the local fishing fleet was at sea when the weather worsened, and at eight o'clock the No. 1 life-boat J. W. Archer, on temporary duty at the station, was launched, with an...
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THE LIFE-BOAT (Est. 1852) All editorial material submitted for consideration with a view to publication in the Journal should be addressed to The Editor, THE LIFE-BOAT, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1 (Tel. 01-730 0031). Photographs...
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People and Places
Mechanics down tools to pick winners Lifeboatmen attending a five-day mechanical and engineering course in Poole took time out of their busy schedule to draw the winning tickets for the Autumn lifeboat lottery in...
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Liberal of Wisebeach
On the 15th April, at daylight, a sloop was observed to be on shore on the south end of the Goodwin Sands. As soon as there was sufficient water on the sands for a boat to cross them, the Walmer life-boat was launched, and proceeded under...