LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rubber Dinghy (1)
Rhyl, Flintshire.—At 4.7 in the after- noon, on the 28th of June, 1950, the coastguard telephoned a report received from a holiday camp at Towyn that three men and boys in a rubber dinghy needed help off the camp. At 4.30 the life-boat...
Discussing the Merits of Their Atlantic 21 and Spidot Launching Trolley With Edward Heath Are Two Members of Littlestone-On- Sea Ilb Crew Charlie Davies and Paul
Discussing the merits of their Atlantic 21 and SPIDOT launching trolley with Edward Heath are two members of Littlestone-on- Sea ILB crew, Charlie Davies and Paul Reed.. - View image in PDF
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Village Maid, of Fleetwood
On the 10th Feb- ruary, at daylight, a vessel was observed to have sunk on the Dutchman's Bank, and the crew to be clinging to the rigging. The Penmon life-boat was accordingly launched through a high surf, and proceeded .to their aid....
Red Bay and Larne Lifeboat Crews
Red Bay And Larne Lifeboat Crews. - View image in PDF
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Guests of Honour:
Guests of honour: several lifeboatmen were among the guests at a special Variety Club of Great Britain lunch at London's Hilton Hotel in December, to honour HRH The Duke of Kent, the heroes of the lifeboat service and leading members of... - View image in PDF
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Cover Picture
The cover picture by Richard and Sally Greenhill is of Coxswain William Sheader, aged 49, of Scarborough, Yorkshire, who joined the local life-boat in 1945. He was bowman from December, 1951, to December, 1954, when he became second coxswain... - View image in PDF
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Gozo
FEBRUARY 5TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. At 11.20 on the night of the 4th February, the coast watcher at Brownstown Head reported that a steam trawler was aground on a sandbank on the east side of Tramore Bay, and was showing flares. The...
Jasper
CAISTER, NORFOLK. — On Sunday morning, the 17th January, the Lifeboat Coven t Garden arrived at Yarmouth Harbour, bringing four of the hands of the schooner Jasper, of Fowey, and the body of one of the crew, who had died from exposure while...
For the Service to Juniper on February
For the service to Juniper on February 19, 1967, the silver medal was awarded to John Robert Nicolson, coxswain of Aith lifeboat from 1965 to 1971. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Dennis Coutts. - View image in PDF
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O. A. Brodin
MARCH 11TH. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
At 6.10 A.M. a message was receivedfrom the coastguard that the Swedish steamer O. A. Brodin, of Stockholm, had gone ashore north of St. Bees. There was dense fog, with a smooth sea. At...