LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Iron Crown
On the 7th Feb- ruary, the ship, Iron Crown, went on the outer edge of the Goodwin Sands, about two miles S.W. of the Beacon. She fired signal- guns, but they were not heard from the shore. The wind was blowing strong from the S. W., and the...
I Was Rescued By The Padstow Lifeboat In 1968 [pictured]
I was rescued by the Padstow lifeboat in 1968 [pictured] when I was 20, together with five members of my extended family . - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Boat Centenary Dinner At the Hotel Cecil
THE LIFE-BOAT CENTENARY DINNER at THE HOTEL CECIL. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lieut.-Col. Sir John Collie, C.M.G., M.D., J.P.
Lieut.-Col. Sir John Collie, C.M.G., M.D., J.P., the distinguished physician and the authority on malingering, died on 3rd April at the age of seventy-five.
He had been a member of the committee of management since April,...
Category: Obituaries
Rnli Cook Books Signed By Recipe Contributors Well Known In the World of Sport Went Like Hot Cakes Offshore Yachtsman the Rt Hon Edward Heath Mp Supported By S
RNLI Cook Books, signed by recipe contributors well known in the world of sport, went like hot cakes. Offshore yachtsman the Rt. Hon. Edward Heath, MP, supported by Sergeant Frank Elverson, did a roaring trade.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Burning Vessel
MARCH 1 7TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
A burning vessel had been seen at night ten miles out at sea, but only burning oil was found. The life-boat was launched with great difficulty at dead low water in a rough sea and the...
Fig 3: the Twin General Motors 8V-71 Marine Diesel
Fig. 3: The twin General Motors 8V-71 marine diesel engines, having completed bench trials, are ready to be lifted into the lifeboat's engine room.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Gift of Daffodils
LAST year a doctor in Market Weighton, Yorkshire, cut and sold his bed of daffodils and 'gave the money, over £19, to the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. He has done the same this year, and it has brought the Guild another...
Category: Donations
President Jan Lels
The Motor Life-boat of the South Holland Life-boat Society stationed at Hook of Holland.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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RSPCA Bronze medal for lifeboatmen Nine crew members of West Kirby's D class inflatable lifeboat, the deputy launching authority and the station honorary secretary have been awarded the RSPCA's Bronze medal for rescuing two horses...