LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lifeboat Services
12 MILE PASSAGE IN 30 KNOT WINDS Surfer saved by Atlantic after night search in severe weather The Thanks of the Institution on Vellum has been awarded to Nigel Sweeny, the helmsman of St Catherine's (Jersey, Channel Islands) lifeboat...
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Coxswain Robert Maiden of Hartlepool (East Division)
Coxswain Robert Maiden of Hartlepool (East Division) joined the lifeboat crew in 1961, and was bowman from 1966 to 1967.
He was second coxswain from 1967 until 1968 when the station closed, but in 1976, when it re-opened,... - View image in PDF
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Galaxia
Fire dramaCoordination between the lifeboat and the Navy was the key to the successful operation to save a blazing Spanish trawler. Fire had broken out at around 3pm on Saturday, 27 January in the accommodation section of the ship, which had...
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Dunbar, East Lothian. — At eight o'clock on the evening of the 18th of July, 1953, the coastguard rang up the coxswain to say that the police had reported that three people and a dog were cut off by the tide half a mile west of Dunbar....
When a New Carriage-Launch Lifeboat Arrives at Her Station
When a new carriage-launch lifeboat arrives at her station she is immediately re-launched and then recovered again as a final check on the carriage, tractor and lifeboat and to familiarise the shorehelpers with the new equipment. Recovery... - View image in PDF
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The Fire Brigade Help on Life-Boat Day at Newcastle-On-Tyne
The Fire Brigade Help On Life-Boat Day at Newcastle-On-Tyne. - View image in PDF
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(Right) It Takes a Crane to Capsize An Atlantic
(Right) It takes a crane to capsize an Atlantic - her crew wait patiently underneath ready to right her while the safety boat keeps a watchful eye on things.. - View image in PDF
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To Help Their Local Life-Boat Day Publicity Campaign,
To help their local life-boat day publicity campaign, Susan Gardiner, of Helensburgh, Linda Kelly, of Cardross, and Janet McMillan, of Helensburgh, volunteered to be towed about Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, on 6th June, 1970, in an IRB. At... - View image in PDF
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IRB Launches (1)
SOUTH-EASTERN DISTRICT Rescues by IRBs in April were undertaken by the following stations: Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 11.54 a.m. on i8th April, 1966, while the IRB was being exercised with the district inspector on board, the crew were...
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(Left) Applause from the Audience
(left) Applause from the audience as the awards are presented. - View image in PDF
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