LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Faithful
North Sunderland, and Holy Island, Northumberland. At midday on the 17th November, 1962. the North Sunderland coxswain, in the absence of the honorary secretary, told the coastguard that he felt anxious about the fishing vessel Faithful,...
Coxswain Thomas Sinclair
COXSWAIK THOMAS SINCLAIR, of Aberdeen, who died at the age of seventy, had been one of the outstanding coxswains in the Service. He retired in 1949 after having- been coxswain for nearly twenty-five years, during which more than 180 lives...
Category: Obituaries
Tyne Class: Off Padstow
and (below) off Padstow (photograph by courtesy of John Watts, Cornerways Studio).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Strathelliot (1)
Stromness, Orkneys.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 28th of October, 1952, the motor mechanic reported that conditions between Bow Rock and Taing of Selwick were deteriorat- ing. The steam trawler Strathelliot had stranded there...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To THOMAS BENN, on his retirement, after serving for 26 1/2 years as Coxswain, 21 /2 years as Second Coxswain, and previously 3 1/2 years as Bowman of the Maryport Life-boat, a Coxswain's Certificate of Service, and a...
Category: Awards
Team Effort
RescUe TeaM efforT the Pembrokeshire coast enjoyed a sunny evening on 7 august last year but, under cliffs near newport Bay, a stiff onshore breeze was imperilling the lives of three unprepared teenagers.
elizabeth Paine...
Category: Articles
Harkaway and Wilhelmina
On the 14th November, at 2.30 P.M., the Life-boat proceeded to the brig Harkaway, of Shoreham, which was riding to the southward of the harbour with a flag for assistance. The Life-boat assisted to get a rope from her to a tug, and slipped...
New Life-Boats Named In Norfolk and Devon
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS MARINA, DUCHESS OF KENT, the President of the Institution, named the new Sheringham life-boat The Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows at a ceremony at Shering- ham on the 15th June, 1962. The bulk of the money for the...
Category: Inaugurations
Policemen In IRB Rescue
FOR their part in the rescue of three people from a burning motor boat off Bournemouth, Police Sergeant Douglas H. Carter, aged 43, and Police Constable Arthur E. Farley, aged 46, have received the thanks of the R.N.L.I. inscribed on vellum....
Category: Services