LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Lerwick, Shetland*.—At 10.10 on the morning of the 12th of April, 1951, the County Medical Officer of Health tele- phoned and asked that the life-boat take a doctor to Fair Isle to attend a man with appendicitis. At 10.50 the life-boat John...
Oceanic (1)
Hartlepool, Durham, and Redcar, Yorkshire. — While bound from the River Tees to Blyth the motor vessel Oceanic, of Newport, Isle of Wight, damaged her steering gear and began to drift. At 1.45 in the morning of the 7th of July, when...
The Ex-Ship's Life-Boat Herald D.
Lifeboat and casualty swept by breakers during rescue The Director of the RNLI has written to the Cullercoats station congratulating the Helmsman, Robert Oliver, and the crew of the C class inflatable. The letter followed a service to an...
The Porthdinllaen Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat, "Barbara Fleming."
Now replaced by a Motor Life-boat after 24 years' service, on her road-journey of over 250 miles from her Station to the Reserve Fleet at the Institution's Storeyard in London.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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APRIL 5TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX.
At 2.40 in the afternoon a message was received from Shoebury garrison that seven men, engaged on demolition work, were stranded on the boom defence a mile-and-ahalf out to sea and...
Young Fox
At-6.30 A.M.
on 19th February the watchman re- ported that a vessel was ashore about one and a half miles north of the station.
The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Edward Birtteck were promptly assembled and...
A Balcar 105 Helicopter
Skegness: A Balcar 105 helicopter was seen to crash into the sea, five miles east south east of Skegness, on the afternoon of Tuesday July 24, 1984. At 1306 Skegness's 15ft 6in D class inflatable lifeboat launched from the beach manned...
Herring Drifters
Maryport, Cumberland. — After two days of very bad weather, conditions moderated somewhat on the 26th October and herring drifters put to sea. During the afternoon the weather got very bad again, and by 6.30 P.M.
a whole W....
Boxing Day Splash
It's amazing what lengths some fundraisers go to! This photograph shows Llanfairfechan branch chairman, Rob Shiland, leading intrepid sponsored 'splashers' down the slipway into the freezing Boxing Day brine.. - View image in PDF
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Fishing Boats (4)
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 15th of November, 1954, the weather worsened rapidly, and the crew of the motor fishing vessel Progress, when she returned to the harbour, said conditions at the harbour bar were dangerous. The...