LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Navy's Tribute to the Life-Boat Service
ON 8th February, 1940, the Institution received the following letter from Sir Archibald Carter, K.C.B., K.C.I.E., Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty: " I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to inform you that they...
Category: Correspondence
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Gannet
WEXFORD.— The yawl Gannet, of Wexford, showed signals of distress, having grounded close to the stones of the north embankment in a strong gale from W. to W.N.W., with heavy squalls and a moderate sea, on the 3rd...
Fishermen and the War
" FISHERMEN are regarded as a reserve for the Navy." So runs a circular of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries which, soon after the passing of the Military Service Act, was sent out to all seaports and fishing centres on our...
Category: Articles
Coastal Radio Ltd
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS A VITAL SERVICE TO THE R.N.L.I.
Coastal Radio - the privileged supplier of M.F. Radio and D.F.
equipment for over 180 R.N.L.I.
Life-boats over the past 17...
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Coastal Radio Ltd
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS A VITAL SERVICE TO THE R.N.L.I.
Coastal Radio - the privileged supplier of M.F. Radio and D.F.
equipment for over 180 R.N.L.I.
Life-boats over the past 17...
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George Treadway
In a little over five years George Treadway (1), landlord of the Victoria, Shrivenham, collected nearly £2,000 for Faringdon branch, largely through collecting boxes on either end of his single bar—and through his own infectious... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New Crew for Looe
Childhood friends John Crabb and Verity Pope, both aged 17, have recently joined the crew at Looe inshore lifeboat station, in Cornwall.
They are both continuing family traditions: John's elder brother Ben is a crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Provides Inflatable and First Aid In Team Effort for Fallen Climber
Members of Anstruther lifeboat crew can be made out on the foreshore in this photograph providing first aid while a helicopter prepares to lift an injured climber to safety.
The lifeboat was on service on 14 May when the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Reunion at Torbay In May for Five Retired Coxswains and One Retired Motor Mechanic (I to R) Coxswain Frederick Sanders Motor Mechanic Richard Harris Coxswain
Reunion at Torbay in May for five retired coxswains and one retired motor mechanic.
(I. to r.) Coxswain Frederick Sanders, Motor Mechanic Richard Harris, Coxswain Henry Thomas, Coxswain Abraham Bartlett, Coxswain Harold... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs