LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Browns of Cresswell
THERE has been a Life-boat at Cresswell, on the Northumbrian coast, for the last fifty years. What manner of place it is was described by the then Hon. Secre- tary in an article which appeared in! The Lifeboat in February,...
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Restoration of the Apparently Drowned
THIS important subject, so intimately con- nected with the work of the NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION, has from time to time been treated of in our columns; but it is one of such general interest that any later information on the subject...
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(Above) Two of a Set of Six Gaelic Coffee Glasses (Or Wine Glasses) Made By Cavan Crystal Ltd Each Glass Carries a Different Decoration: the Rnli House Flag Crest A
(Above) Two of a set of six Gaelic coffee glasses (or wine glasses), made by Cavan Crystal Ltd. Each glass carries a different decoration: the RNLI house flag, crest, an ILB, 44' Waveney lifeboat and two... - View image in PDF
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Susan Ashley
One of a class of four 41ft lifeboats built for slipway launching.
Watson lifeboats take their class name from their designers, G.L. Watson and Co who were the RNLI's consultant naval architects for many years. Susan... - View image in PDF
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Druid
RESCUES BY HELICOPTER AND PILOT CUTTER Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 3.47 on the afternoon of the 22nd August, 1962, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that a motor vessel had capsized on the Kibble bar. At 4.12 the life-boat...
Cover Picture
Shoreham Harbour's D class inflatable lifeboat on exercise. Inflatable lifeboats have been stationed at Shoreham for the summer season, from April to October, since 1967. In that time they have launched 450 times anil rescued 233 people.... - View image in PDF
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A Russian Seaman Took This Photograph As the Duchess of Kent Lifeboat (Arrowed) Was Overturned By a Huge Wave. on the Right the Only Survivor—Mr. Jackson Buchan—Is Shown Landing from Th
A Russian seaman took this photograph as the Duchess of Kent lifeboat (arrowed) was overturned by a huge wave. On the right the only survivor—Mr. Jackson Buchan—is shown landing from the Buckle lifeboat after being picked up by a Russian... - View image in PDF
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Whitby: After Naming the White Rose of Yorkshire the Duchess of Kent Puts to Sea and Coxswain Robert Allen By Her Side (Below) Takes a Trick at the Wheel (Left) The
Whitby: After naming The White Rose of Yorkshire, the Duchess of Kent puts to sea and. Coxswain Robert Allen by her side, (below), takes a trick at the wheel. (Left) The White Rose of Yorkshire returns to harbour in company with Whitby... - View image in PDF
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Tumbler
SECOND COXSWAIN PUT ABOARD YACHT Ramsgate, Kent. At 9.8 on the morning of the 14th April, 1963, the east pier watchman informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the harbour bar. There was a moderate to fresh south-westerly...
Faith Star
Whitby, Yorkshire. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 22nd of Novem- ber, 1957, the crew of the fishing boat Faith Star reported on their return from fishing that the sea was breaking on the bar and that conditions were becoming...