LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
No. 155
JUNE 6TH. - THE LIZARD, CORNWALL.
At 8.40 A.M. a request came from the naval officer at Penzance, through the coastguard, asking for the life-boat to go to the help of the naval motor launch No. 155, and the motor life-boat...
The Daunt Rock Lightvessel
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 12.30 in the morning of the llth of October, 1949; the Civic Guard reported that a radio message had been picked up by the Roches Point Lighthouse, stating that the S.S. Glengariffe had wirelessed that the Daunt...
The Danish Fishing Vessel Ove
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 11.25 on the night of the 29th of April, 1957, the honorary secretary was visiting the life-boat station when he saw a small craft drifting broadside in the middle of the harbour. An attempt was made to communicate by...
When Stanley Brett District Engineer (North West) Retired After 38 Years Service Motor Mechanics from Lifeboat Stations In All Parts of the North West of England and W
When Stanley Brett, district engineer (north west), retired after 38 years service, motor mechanics from lifeboat stations in all parts of the north west of England and Wales gathered at the Grange Hotel, Rhyl, to wish him well. Mr Brett,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Fishermen saved by inshore lifeboatWhen four anglers slipped into a rough sea near Newcastle Co Down it took the combined efforts of the station's D class inshore lifeboat and its Mersey class all-weather boat to snatch them to...
Danny La Rue
It was far from being a drag for Danny La Rue to open the summer fair organised by Bridlington ladies' lifeboat guild. He is seen here with Australian pianist Wayne King signing the guild's special table cloth which carries the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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by Maggie Murray The four lifeboatmen who received their awards at the Festival Hall on 22 May.
From left to right: Coxswain David Kennett, Yarmouth; Helmsman David Steenvoorden, Cleethorpes; Coxswain Peter Race, Teesmouth... - View image in PDF
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Three walkers three lifeboatsThe difficulties of working close inshore in surf were vividly illustrated when Newhaven's Arun class lifeboat, her ' Y' boat and the Eastbourne D class were all involved in a service to save three...
The Yarmouth Life-Boats. (Continued from "The Life-Boat," August, 1918, p. 233.)
THE night will long be remembered for the almost unparalleled violence of the gale which swept over England, leaving a track of ruin and devastation such as is rarely seen in our temperate climate.
In Gorleston itself the...
Category: Services
St. Mary's, Woolwich. Presentation of Life-Boat Institution Award
eAN interesting ceremony took place on Wednesday, October 16th, in St. Mary's Girls' School, Woolwich, the occasion being the award of the Challenge Shield for London in connection with the recent essay competition on the "...
Category: Awards