LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
THE CREW Helmsman: Adrian 'AD' Trower (35, self-employed roofer, 8 years on crew)
THE CREW Helmsman: Adrian 'AD'Trower (35, self-employed roofer, 8 years on crew) Crew Members: Duncan Stewart (41, caf£ manager in summer, groundworker and doorman in winter, 14 years on crew); Craig Akid (27, butcher, newly... - View image in PDF
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Notes of the Quarter
FIGURES for the first nine months of the year show remarkable increases in the numbers of services carried out by life-saving vessels. All three categories of life-saving vessel with which the Institution is concerned, its lifeboats, its own...
Category: Articles
Tribute to H.R.H. Princess Marina
THE NEWS of the passing of Her Royal Highness Princess Marina, President of the Institution for over 25 years, was received with very real sorrow by all connected with the work of life-saving at sea.
Capt. the Hon. V. M....
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An Aircraft
Wells, and Cromer, Norfolk. At 10.48 on the morning of the 31st of December, 1959, the coastguard told the motor mechanic of the Wells life- boat that an aircraft had crashed into the sea off South Race Bank buoy. At eleven...
Master and commander
An RNLI coxswain must be brave but what else does it take to inspire the confidence and trust of a modern-day crew?
On 9 July 2010, Mike Lawrence was not only in charge of Calshot’s Tyne class Alexander Coutanche but also...
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The S.S. Yousuf Baksh and Rose Marie
FIFTY HOURS AT SEA Walmer, Kent. At 11.55 a.m. on 8th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was a fire on board the s.s. Yousuf Baksh of Karachi, in her cargo of jute. Observation was kept on the vessel after...
The Shark-Fishing Vessel Mark Twain
Plymouth, Devon - At 5.15 p.m. on 22nd June, 1966, the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Roivse proceeded to Mount Wise pier to meet the Commander- in-Chief, Plymouth, and Lady Talbot who were to go out on exercise with the boat. At 5.45,...
Dr Owen Parry-Jones Lrcp
Dr Owen Parry-Jones, LRCP and s of I, LM, alongside Moelfre's 37ft 6in Rather lifeboat Horace Clarkson. Dr Parry-Jones is chairman of Moelfre station branch and has been the station's honorary medical adviser since 1972.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Top Left) Waveney:
(top left) Waveney: Length overall 44ft; beam 12ft 6in; draught 4ft; displacement 18 tons; maximum speed, over 15 knots; range at full speed, 167 nautical miles. The Waveney, introduced in 1967 from the USA, lies afloat and has a crew of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Marie Josephine
At 6.30 P.M. on the 6th November, information was received at this Life-boat Station of a vessel being stranded on the Doom bar. The Life-boat Albert Edward proceeded to her assistance, and was successful in rescuing 4 men who had been...