LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Howth, Co. Dublin - At 5.52 p.m. on I3th March, 1966, the coxswain's wife informed the honorary secretary that a man had fallen over the cliff. The Dublin Fire Brigade had been called out but had been unable to rescue him. At 6.15 the...
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Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 12.50 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1960, the honorary secretary received a report that a man was missing from a party of visitors who had been bathing at Keel Strand. The life-boat Rowland Watts left her...
The S.S. Cairngowan
Stornoway, Hebrides. At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 27th July, 1961, the honorary secretary received a message from Lewis hospital that the s.s. Cairngowan, which was due to arrive off Chicken Head at 4.30, needed the services...
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Flamborough, Yorkshire - At 6.12 p.m. on 18th September, 1966, the police informed the coxswain that a skin diver was in difficulties under the cliff between the life-boat station and the coastguard lookout. The coxswain rang the coastguard...
The Boatmen of Britannia
RUN quick, ring out the Life-boat, and quick ring out the crew, No tempest that could daunt them o'er England ever blew.
Where wood upon the water can ever float and save.
The boatmen of Britannia...
Category: Poetry
Keeping on track
Getting 15 tonnes of lifeboat across a beach is an age-old task …
Lifeboat launch and recovery is a vital link in the lifesaving chain and the stations that cannot use afloat moorings, slipways...
Category: Articles
A Goodyear for flood rescue
The RNLI Flood Rescue team, which responds to flooding emergencies at home and abroad, has teamed up with tyre manufacturer Goodyear – and supporters can benefit too.
The Flood Rescue team is made up of RNLI crew members...
Category: Articles
Special Life-Boat Funds
CIVIL SERVICE LIFE-BOAT FUND.
Patron— His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALKS. K.G.
Vice-Patrons— The Most Hon. the MARQUIS OF Ripon, K.O.
The Right Hon. ARTHUR J. BALFOUR,...
Category: Accounts
J H Minet Life & Pensions Ltd
How to give your family £20,000 worth of security for only £2.00 a month.
About the only area where you really can't afford to cut costs is with your family's security.
What would happen,...
Category: Advertisement
Pulling Their Weight for the Lifeboat
Many local organisations and clubs in Filey have arranged special fund raising events throughout the year to help fund Filey' s new Mersey class lifeboat, due on station early in 1991. But none can have been more spectacular than the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs