LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Ocean Pride, True Vine, Treasure, The Victory, Boy Arthur,Star of Peace
Amble, Northumberland.—When the local fishing fleet was returning from sea on the morning of the 18th of Sep- tember, 1952, the boats found it diffi- cult to enter the harbour owing to the heavy swell. At 11.15 in the morning- the life-boat...
Aldeburgh's Crew
Aldeburgh's crew (l-r) Jason Burns, Adam Burns, Ian Firman, Lee Firman, Chris Spooner, John Andrews, Allan Warner.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dunbar Crew
left to right: Alan Blair, Adam 'Addie' Cray, Stuart Pirie. Martin Keillor and Ian McDougal. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Books
• No one could be better fitted to write Mayday! Mayday!: A History of the Guernsey Lifeboat Station than Jurat Guy Blampied, QBE, who, an RNAS seaplane pilot himself in the first world war and an RAF officer in the second, has been an...
Category: Articles
Additional Life-Boat Stations and New Life-Boats
DUNGARVON. — A life-boat station has been established at Dungarvon, in County Waterford, and a 30 ft., single-banked, selfrighting boat, on the Institution's plan, together with a good carriage, has been provided by the Society, a good...
Category: Articles
August
Launches 113. Lives rescued 119.
AUGUST 1ST. - BARRA ISLAND , HEBRIDES. At 2.30 A.M. a telegram was received from the coastguard at Kyle that a ship’s boat under sail with men on board had been seen at 9.30 P.M. the night...
Category: Services
New Vice-President
Admiral Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham, K.B.B., C.B., has been elected a Vice-President of the Institution. He has been a member of the Committee of Management since 1953. In the same year he became a Vice-President of the Scottish Life-boat...
Category: Committee
Profile
at the annual meeting of the R. N.L.I.
on 18th May, Mr. Derek Scott, of Mumbles, who holds the B.E.M., the Institution's silver medal and bar and the bronze medal, belongs to the new generation of life-boatmen. He was...
Category: Articles
The Motor Drifter Bezaleel
At 1 A.M. on the 1st November, a telephone message was received from the - Coastguard that a fishing vessel was making distress signals N.N.E. of the Look- out, close inshore. A strong W.N.W.
breeze was blowing with a heavy...
Canoes, Yachts and Rafts
D class lifeboat rescues 36 people from canoes, yacht and raftsCleethorpes' D class inflatable liferaft was involved in three services on one day on 30 July 1989, rescuing no less than 36 people. The first service started as the crew...