LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Late Duke of Montrose, K.T., C.B., C.V.O., V.R.D. R.N.V.R.
Treasurer of the Institution, 1947-1952, Chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council from its foundation in 1927 until 1953, and the Council's Honorary President until his death in January 1954. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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CLONTARF, Co. DUBLIN. On the evening of the 2nd of June, 1945, a sailing boat from the Clontarf Boat Club capsized north of North Bull. A moderate south-west wind was blowing with a moderate sea, and the weather was thick. Four sea scouts,...
Category: Services
His Grace the Duke of Atholl Chairman of the Rnli Unveils a Plaque to Commemorate the Official Opening of the New Thirsk Fundraising Depot on 14 April 1989
His Grace the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the RNLI, unveils a plaque to commemorate the official opening of the new Thirsk Fundraising Depot on 14 April 1989. (Photo Yorkshire Evening Press). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Views Across a Century
Views across a century With an eye and ear for history, (I) Paul Reed, Fred Hills and Richard Ovenden, crew members of Littlestoneon- Sea's Atlantic 21 lifeboat posed for a photograph which has a not altogether coincidental resemblance... - View image in PDF
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Services of the Life-Boats In April, May and June. 126 Lives Rescued
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Category: Services
A Bronze Medal Service at Maryport
ON the morning of 17th January the 2,500-ton steamer Plawsworth, of New- castle-on-Tyne, which was at anchor off Workington, Cumberland, dragged her anchors in a south-west gale, and went ashore. A very heavy sea was...
Category: Services
Enterprize II
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 10.5 on the morning of the llth of October, 1952, the life-boat coxswain reported that the fishing coble Enterprize II was at sea in bad weather. Conditions at the outer harbour bar were dangerous, and the No. 1...
A Sailing Boat and Dinghy
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 9.40 on the evening of the 28th August, 1961, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from some boys that a boat was being carried out to sea by the strong ebb tide and that the...
Falmouth's Severn Class Richard Cox Scott
Falmouth's Severn class Richard Cox Scott on exercise on a calm, sunny day. - View image in PDF
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Freda and True Love
n the fishing cobles went to sea at about 5.45 A.M. on 15th March the weather was misty with a strong swell running.
With the flowing tide the sea increased until, at 8.30 A.M., it was decided to launch the Pulling and...