LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Jarmina
Injured seamen NEWS was received at St Peter Port, Guernsey, C.I., on April 14 that a seaman on board the Norwegian tanker Jarmina had severely injured a finger and the bleeding could not be stopped.
The lifeboat Arun, with...
Above a Lovely Day
Above. A lovely day for a swim. Excellent weather over the two days made life a little more pleasant for the crews demonstrating righting techniques. Here the air bag on an Atlantic 21 brings her swiftly upright just off the depot quay. D... - View image in PDF
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Girvan - Mersey Class Silvia Burrell
Pictured (from left to right) are Archie MacKenzie, chairman of the executive committee of the Scottish Lifeboat Council and member of the committee of management, second coxswain Stuart Moffat, Mrs Sue Stephen, His Grace the Duke of Atholl,... - View image in PDF
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A Surf Board
Surfer saved by inshore lifeboat in severe gale and heavy seas Helmsman Stuart Roberts of Porthcawl's D class inshore lifeboat was awarded a Silver Medal for outstanding bravery during the rescue of a surfer in very rough seas on 30...
Slipway Launch In Lights...
Every year hundreds of people flock to see the laser and light shows during the Walsall Illuminations. In the 1999 event, one of the many features was the above display depicting a 'splashy' slipway lifeboat launch from a boathouse... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Royal Visit
The Princess Royal made a point of visiting the RNLI stand during a visit to the National Boat, Caravan and Leisure Show at the Birmingham NEC in February.
The photograph shows Princess Anne greeting Jacky Clifford,... - View image in PDF
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This Raggedy Looking Band of Players
This raggedy looking band of players are the Syzewell Gap Mummers who perform their play in pubs in the Aldeburgh area each year over Christmas to raise money for the lifeboat service. In 1986 they collected £90 in just two nights from... - View image in PDF
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Too Many Cooks! Portpatrick
Too many cooks! Portpatrick lifeboat station holds a lifeboat week every year and last year, with the help of the newly formed ladies' guild, raised £6,400. The photograph shows the coxswain and crew preparing the barbecue which was... - View image in PDF
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A Steamer Phryne
SEPT. 24TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A message was received from the coastguard at 8 A.M. that a steamer was sinking through enemy action, three or four miles E. by N; from the look-out. A N.W. breeze was blowing, with a heavy...
A Flying Boat
OCT. 13TH. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLES. The coastguard had reported a message from the R.A.F. that a flying boat had come down approximately fifty miles to the west of Scilly Isles, but shortly after the life-boat was launched she was...