LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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
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
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Winnefred
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On the llth November, while a whole gale was blowing from the S.S.W., the barque Winnefred, of and from Laurvig for London, with wood, was seen coming north. She had lost her main and mizen masts, and had a flag...
Zetland Pictured In the 1877
Zetland pictured in the 1877 boathouse at Redcar, which is now a museum dedicated to the 190-year-old lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
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Below. Calm After the Storm
Below. Calm after the storm - a very bedraggled Rasmus lies afloat in Ramsgate Harbour following the rescue. Photo: Mike Pert. - View image in PDF
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Ilfracombe - Mersey Class Spirit of Derbyshire
llfracombe's new Mersey class lifeboat Spirit of Derbyshire on the slipway ready for her naming ceremony on 29 September 1990 (Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF
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Saving lives overseas
An estimated 1.2M people drown every year across the world – about the same number who die of malaria. Despite the scale of the problem, relatively little has been done to tackle it – until now
Category: Articles
Kantara
Weymouth, Dorset - At 3.5 a.m. on 6th September, 1968, the coastguard reported that red flares had been seen in Bowleaze cove. Twenty minutes later the life-boat Frank Spiller Locke was launched. It was low water. She came up with the cabin...
Lifeboat Services November and December 1986 January and February 1987
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: January 12 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class inflatable Deccmhcr 30 (twice) Aith. Shetland 52ft Arun: January 20 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft 6in Rather: November 29 and 30 Alderney, Channel Islands 44ft Waveney:...
Category: Services
A cheque for £17,000 was presented to the director, Rear Admiral W. J. Graham
A cheque for £17,000 was presented to the director, Rear Admiral W. J. Graham, on behalf of the Association of British Laundry, Cleaning and Rental Services. The association is celebrating its centenary and in order to mark the event an... - View image in PDF
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