LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lillian
TOW FOR CABIN CRUISER NEAR ROCKS Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 1.32 on the afternoon of the 17th October, 1962, the coastguard reported that a small cabin cruiser appeared to have broken down half a mile south of Boddam, and at 1.45 the...
The American Steamer John R. Park, of San Francisco (1)
MARCH 21ST. - PENLEE, AND THE LIZARD, CORNWALL. At 4.15 in the afternoon a message was received at Penlee from the coastguard at Penzance, that a vessel and possibly two, nine miles west of The Lizard, needed help. There was a light...
Switha
Cromer, Norfolk. — At 2.33 in the afternoon of the 23rd of April, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel at anchor one mile north by west from Cromer Lookout had hoisted a signal for help, and the No. 1 motor life-boat Henry Blogg was...
Paris
Fire aboarcLSpanish cargo vesselLifeboats and their crews are often called on to work with the other emergency services and that includes the Fire Service when their work takes them beyond the range of their land-bound...
Old Bob Leach
Hastings, Sussex.—At 4.33 on the afternoon of the 19th of December, 1952, the life-boat honorary secretary saw a fishing boat about five miles to the south-east burn flares. At 4.36 the life-boat M.T.C. was launched in a slight sea with a...
Mrs Pam Hill,
Mrs Pam Hill, chairman of Bristol ladies guild from 1976 to 1982 when she was elected vice president. She was awarded a Silver badge in 1985..
Category: Obituaries
Few of Scarborough's Visitors
Few of Scarborough's summer visitors realise the extent of the lifeboat slipway, much of which is now buried by the rising level of the sand. Recent investigations showed it to be in remarkably good condition.
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Category: Photographs
4. Sergeant Bob Martin
Sergeant Bob Martin has single-handedly raised £200,000 by collecting at the London and Southampton Boat Shows and other events, continuing a long and fruitful relationship between the RNLI and the Chelsea Hospital. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Windsor Queen
Amble, Northumberland.—In the late afternoon of the 21st of July, 1948, the coastguard reported that the s.s. Wind- sor Queen, of London, which was off Coquet Island, had an injured man on board, and the motor life-boat Elizabeth Newton, on...