LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Wave Dancer
Tyne's inflatable used to reach stranded fishing boat survivors A service to a 17ft fishing vessel and her crew of two in hazardous conditions, among rocks and in rough seas, has earned two men from Wick's lifeboat station the Thanks...
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The Newhaven lifeboat was also involved in the rescue caught in the dramatic photograph (left) from the harbour wall on 24 July, 1988.
A swimmer, visible under the lifeboat's starboard bow, is being hauled from the...
Colonel Sir Fitzroy Clayton, K.C.V.O. Late Chairman of the Institution
COLONEL SIR FITZROY CLAYTON, K.C.V.O.
Late Chairman of the Institution.
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Aubie
Crew member swims to stranded yacht Wells' Mersey class lifeboat Doris M. Mann of Ampthill was called to the aid of a 28ft yacht which was stranded on Blakeney Point on 31 July 1993, rescuing the yacht the two adults and two children on...
The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
XXXVIII.—WALMER.
Centurion, 36 feet long, 9 feet 4 inches beam, 12 oars.
TOWARDS the end of the year 1856 a Life-boat was placed on this station by the Institution, in aid of which the Royal Thames Yacht...
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BOYS HAULED UP CLIFF BY COASTGUARD St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 18th March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three boys had been cut off by the tide at Pen Cwm Bach. Further...
Gallilean
Fishermen rescued AT 0840 ON MONDAY, September 14, 1987 Captain K R Holmes, Fleetwood lifeboat station honorary secretary was informed by Liverpool Coastguard MRSC that the 55ft fishing vessel Gallilean was taking water about five miles west...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Sidney Cann of Appledore, who was appointed bowman in 1922, became second coxswain in 1931 and has been coxswain since 1933. Since he became a boat's officer Appledore life-boats have been...
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The Aberdeen Trawler Ben Barvas
FURTHER AWARD Longhope, Orkneys. On 3rd~4th January, 1964, the Longhope life-boat rescued nine men from the Aberdeen trawler Ben Barvas. For this service, a full account of which appears on page 23, the awards included that of a silver...