LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sea Cadet Naval Whaler
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 26th of May, 1957, the motor mechanic's wife received a telephone message that a rowing boat was drifting out to sea off the Derby pool, Harrison Drive. The message was...
Going Going Gone a Bottle Full of Coins
Going, going, gone. A bottle full of coins and notes for the lifeboats comes under the hammer at the Lord Burleigh, Victoria, London.
Landlord Fred Bright (r.) is a keen supporter of the RNLI who always has a giant bottle... - View image in PDF
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Rachel and Fishing Boats
FISHING BOAT ESCORTED OVER BAR Wbitby, Yorkshire. At 9.10 on the morning of the 16th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the weather was likely to become worse, and that an easterly gale was forecast as...
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE courtesy of The Scottish Daily Record Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother pictured after officially naming Thurso's new Arun class lifeboat The Queen Mother on 9 August 1989.
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(Below) Mallaig's New 52Ft Arun Lifeboat the Davina and Charles Hunter
(Below) Mallaig's new 52ft Arun lifeboat The Davina and Charles Matthews Hunter at sea.. - View image in PDF
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Lochinver's New Boat
On 25th July, 1969, the ceremony for opening Culag Pier took place at the same time as the arrival of the new Lochinver, Scotland, life-boat the George Urie Scott. The new boat—she is a 48-foot 6-inch Oakley Mark III type—was provided by a...
Category: Donations
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SICK MAN TAKEN OFF SURVEY VESSEL Cromer, Norfolk. At 9.45 on the evening of the 2nd November, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that H.M.S. Scott, one of the survey vessels of the Royal Navy, had requested a doctor and ambulance to...
People and Places
Lottery Draw The winning tickets for the 63rd national lottery were drawn at RNLI headquarters on Sunday 31 October 1993 by Peter Jones, chairman of the Civil Service Motoring Association and Colin Frizzell, chairman of Frizzell Financial...
Category: Articles
Michel Swenden
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 12.36 on the afternoon of the 15th of January, 1954, the coastguard reported that a wireless message had been intercepted from a ship, stating that she was drifting on to rocks between South Stack and Skerries. At 1.2...
Double Celebrations at Wick
Wick tiieboat crew aboard Roy Barker II (L to Hi Ian Cormack.
second coxswain; Mark Cormack.
Crew member; John Robertson, deputy second coxswain; John Martin.
Mechanic. Walter McPhee.<... - View image in PDF
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