LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ceres
Appledore, Devon.—The ketch Ceres, of Bude, left Swansea for Bude with a cargo of slag on the 24th November, That night, when in Croyde bay, she sprang a bad leak, and foundered. Her crew of two men were rescued.—Rewards, £19 12*. (For...
Frida Blokzijl (1)
FIVE RESCUED FROM DUTCH COASTER On the 7th March, 1962, the Cloughey, Co. Down, life-boat rescued five men from the Dutch coaster Frida Blokzijl. A full account of this service, for which Coxswain Walter Semple was awarded the bronze medal...
Luncheon Honour
Coxswain John King, of Bridlington, Yorkshire, who won the Institution's bronze medal for gallantry in February, 1968, for the rescue of a woman from the German m.v. Maria F, attended the 'Men of the Year' luncheon at the Savoy...
Category: Awards
Ernest Pavey
Ernest Pavey, who worked for the RNLI for 42 years, first as a travelling mechanic and machinery overseer in the North West, and finally as a machinery examiner at the Boreham Wood depot, was one of the recipients of Maundy Money at the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
When Chipstead (Kent) Sailing Club Held Its Regatta on July 18
When Chipstead (Kent) Sailing Club held its regatta on July 18 the entrance fees for two races were donated to the RNLI. With the profit from a souvenir stall, £79.86 was raised for Sevenoaks and District branch by the end of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Righting Drill
A righting drill, for use after capsize, has now been established for the D class inflatable lifeboat. Briefly, the crew climb on to the upturned boat, secure the painter to the lifting handles on the weather side, then stand on the lee side... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John Dennison
A small ladies guild existed in Uckfield for almost 50 years before the branch was established six years ago. We are winning with a series of high profile events, though the branch was not responsible for causing the 2000 floods! - John... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Boys' Brigade
An honorary Record of Thanks was presented to The Boys' Brigade in recognition of all their support of the RNLI, including their ambitious fundraising appeal for the millennium year; Lifeboats for 2000. Collecting the award was David... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ciaran Doyle
Bronze Medal Ciaran Doyle of the Garcia Underwater Unit for the long and ardous service m which three casualties were rescued from a cave off Horse Island, near Ballyglass in severe conditions - see this issue of The Lifeboat for a full... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Scottish Coxswain Made An M.B.E.
Coxswain John MacLeod, of Thurso, Caithness-shire, who a year ago won the Institution's bronze medal for rescuing two exhausted Norwegians from a ship's raft, when it was within 200 yard* of the rocks in a heavy sea, has now been...
Category: Articles