LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Not Such a Catastrophe!
Not such a catastrophe! A black-tipped British shorthaired kitten named 'Oakley' shows great interest in the contents of the collecting box his owner Mike Evans, honorary secretary of Loughton and District branch, uses for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Prince, With Captain Howard F. J. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N., The Chief Inspector of Life-Boats In the Life-Boat, Outside Central Hall, Westminster
(The Fishguard crew drawn up in the foreground.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Our Boys
Skegness, Lines. At 4.25 on the afternoon of the 4th of October, 1959, the coastguard told the coxswain that red flares had been seen coming from a fishing boat off Ingoldmells Point. At 4.55 the life-boat The Cuttle was launched in a rough...
Fishing Cobles (2)
STAITHES, YoBxsmM.—The sudden rising of the sea, on the 17th April, rendered it dangerous for some of the fishing cobles to return to the shore.
The Life-boat Jonathan Stott was therefora launched at about 1.15 P.M. and...
A Gallant Young Corporal
THE Institution has sent a framed letter of thanks and £1 to Corporal David Aitken, a 15-year-old member of the Glasgow Jewish Lads' Brigade Cadets, for bravely helping to save a woman who fell into the Tweed last...
Category: Articles
Rescue In Violent Seas
COXSWAIN Dermot Walsh of the Valentia, Co. Kerry, life-boat has been awarded a silver medal and six of the crew members accorded the Institution's thanks on vellum, for courageous rescue operations oif the west coast of Ireland.
Category: Services
Teignmouth
Teignmouth is one of several stations re-opened over the last decade to meet the demand for greater lifeboat cover. The station was closed in 1940 and when it was reopened in 1990 the old boathouse was rebuilt and renovated.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Norwegian Fishing Boat Reform
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. At 9.50 on the evening of 27th April, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the Norwegian fishing boat Reform, with an injured man aboard, fifty miles north-north-west of Barra Head, had...
In June a Spanish Life-Boat Delegation, Led By the Conde De Toreno, President of the Spanish Red Cross Society, Visited England. Here the Party Is Pictured at Life-Boat House, London, With (Left T
In June a Spanish life-boat delegation, led by the Conde de Toreno, president of the Spanish Red Cross Society, visited England. Here the party is pictured at Life-boat House, London, with (left to right) Captain Nigel Dixon, Secretary of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Steamship Boeton
At 12.45 A.M.
on the 16th January, during an ex- ceedingly thick fog, signals of distress were heard, and a message was received stating that a vessel was ashore to the north of the town. The Honorary Secretary of the...