LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON Dec. 2ND. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK.
At 12.14 in the morning a message from the coastguard reached the lifeboat station of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston that...
HM the Queen's Golden Jubilee
The atmosphere was incredible. We started a competition with the crowds to see which side could cheer loudest. They almost deafened us/. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Three Iifeboatmen' Ii to R) Muriel Winfield Doris Smith and Barbara Fitzgerald from Kidlington Branch Perform ' the Lifeboat Song' During the Branch's Old Tyme M
Three iifeboatmen', II. to r.) Muriel Winfield, Doris Smith and Barbara Fitzgerald, from Kidlington branch, perform ' The Lifeboat Song' during the branch's Old Tyme Music Hall held last April. The lyrics were written by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sarah
CEMAES.—On the 14th October, information was conveyed to the coxswain of the Life-boat that a large vessel was ashore on the Middle Mouse Bocks. It was blowing a hurricane from S.W. at the time, accompanied by a very high sea. The Lifeboat...
Blizzard
When snow and ice accompany storm force winds endurance of a high order is asked of lifeboat crews; an active endurance which will enable them to maintain efficiency and bring a service to a successful conclusion even after many hours at sea...
Category: Services
Six Stages In the Helicopter Episode at Lyme Regis: In Flight Descent Into the Sea Flotation Bags Inflated the Ilb Alongside Towing the Helicopter the Helicopter Safely Bea
Six stages in the helicopter episode at Lyme Regis: in flight, descent into the sea, flotation bags inflated, the ILB alongside, towing the helicopter, the helicopter safely beached.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Nine People Rescued from Dutch Motor Vessel
A FINE service carried out in an easterly gale resulted in the rescue of all nine people on board a Dutch motor vessel. For this service Coxswain Walter Jonas Oxley, of Walton and Frinton, was awarded the bronze second service clasp for...
Category: Services
Concordia
LYDD, KENT.—The David Hulett Lifeboat put off at 4.30 A.M. on the 2nd March to the assistance of the brigantine Concordia, of Guernsey, which had stranded on the sands about half a mile from the boathouse, and was showing signals of distress...
Spray
Lengthy search but no survivors It is an unfortunate fact that some lifeboat services do not result in the rescue of survivors, a result which inevitably has an effect on the lifeboat crews but which does not affect their dedication to the...
Mrs Simons Receives Her Cruise Prize
Mrs Simons receives her cruise prize from Tony Smith, Senior Sales Executive of Travelscope, accompanied by volunteer Crew Members James Morris and Nick Prout and Tractor Driver Ricky Homes, in front of Bumham-on-Sea's Atlantic 75... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs