LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE At 10.55 a.m. on i3th August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht which seemed to be making for Broadstairs had disappeared suddenly, presumably capsized. There was a moderate sea with a...
The S.S. Primrose
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT BALLYCOTTON JANUARY 30TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. In the early morning of the 27th of January, 1941, many mines came ashore in Ballycotton Bay, on the south coast of Ireland, and four of them exploded, doing...
Three Souvenir Sellers and Two Competitors (One Fourlegged the Other Two) Pictured at Wootton Creek Branch's Gymkhana
Three souvenir sellers and two competitors (one fourlegged, the other two) pictured at Wootton Creek branch's gymkhana held at Guildford Farm, Havenstreet, Isle of Wight, last summer.
There was beautiful weather and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Doreen Rash
Mrs Doreen Rash, better known as Doreen Wallace the author, is also a painter. Last July Mrs Rash, now in her 87th year, staged an exhibition of her unframed sketches at her home in Norfolk and by their sale raised £140 for Diss... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
Coxswain David Clemence of Ilfracombe who was presented with a bronze medal at the awards ceremony on May 21 by the Duke of Atholl. Coxswain Clemence joined the lifeboat crew in 1954; he served as second coxswain for just three months before... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Raymond Baxter
Raymond Baxter, chairman of the RNLI's Public Relations Committee, was guest of honour at a luncheon for Shoreline members held by West Mersea branch on October 21 as part of a campaign to enrol new members. With him are (! to r) Tony... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
May (1)
LLANERCHYMOR, FLINTSHIRE. At 12.15 in the afternoon of the 15th of March, 1945, an Anson aeroplane came down in the Dee Estuary, off Llanerchymor. A strong southwest wind was blowing, but the sea was calm.
The crash was...
Category: Services
Candy
Early warning saves three The eagle eyes and quick thinking of RNLI tractor driver Philip Eaglen helped to ensure that a father and his two sons were rescued before it was too late.
At 3.30pm on 2 September 2000, Philip was...
A LIFESAVING TICKET
WINTER 2015 LOTTERY RESULTS
Congratulations to Mrs M Croain from Hampshire, who
won the £5,000 first prize in our Winter Lifeboat Lottery.
The other winners were:
2ND PRIZE:...
Category: Articles
Georges Ferges
Lowestoft, Suffolk. During the even- ing of the 6th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary learnt that the traw- ler Georges Ferges of Boulogne would be off Lowestoft at four o'clock the next morning and that medical assistance was...