LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
MAYDAY
Are you ready to give it some welly this Mayday? Our crews’ iconic boots are the inspiration behind our fundraising campaign, which this year runs from 26 April to 2 May. When they rush to the lifeboat station and pull those wellies on, many...
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JUNE 26TH. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
Flares probably washed overboard from R.A.F. launches had ignited when they struck rocks, and had been mistaken for distress signals. - Rewards, £10 2s..
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At Their Army Air Day 1973 Last July at Their Base In Middle Wallop Hampshire the Army Air Corps Raised More Than £2000 for the Rnli the Money Is to Be Used at Th
At their Army Air Day 1973 last July at their base in Middle Wallop, Hampshire, the Army Air Corps raised more than £2,000 for the RNLI. The money is to be used at the inshore lifeboat station, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. In appreciation... - View image in PDF
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Lifeboats and Lifeguards In Action
Cave campers swamped Six cave campers at Tenby were taken by surprise in the early hours of 5 August, when the tide came in and washed their possessions away. They retreated further into the cave, but soon found themselves in deep water....
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A Welsh Coxswain
John Handcock Williams, of Tenby, who died last year at the age of 82. He was an officer of the life-boat for 26 years, retiring in 1931, and was one of the seven life-boatmen who took part, 25 years ago, in the Institution's Centenary... - View image in PDF
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Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the April, May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management
April Meeting.
Burra Isle, Shetlands. — While out haddock fishing in a small open boat from Skeld three men were thrown into the sea when their boat was capsized by a squall. The accident happened at about 7.30 A.M. on the...
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A light in the Darkness
Tonnes of timber were heaped along the English south coast last Winter – but what became of the cargo ship’s crew? Carol Waterkeyn hears the full story of Ice Prince, the men who went to her aid, and the RNLI’s first Silver Medal for 3...
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The Queen and the Duke Edinburgh Meet Members of the Committee of Management During the Garden Party for the Rnli at Buckingham Palace July 16
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh meet members of the Committee of Management during the garden party for the RNLI at Buckingham Palace, July 16. Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Hezlel and Lady Hezlet are introduced to Her Majesty by Commander F.... - View image in PDF
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Bronze Medal for Gallant Boy
AT 2.36 on the afternoon of the 21st of September, 1952, the sailing boat Tit Bit, of Shellness, with a man and a boy on board capsized one mile off Shellness, in the Isle of Sheppey.
There was a slight sea, and a westerly...
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