LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Appledore and Dfracombe, North Devon - At 8.35 p.m. on 17th July, 1969, the Hartland coastguard told the Appledore life-boat coxswain that the cabin cruiser Sea Sweeper, with two people on board, was in difficulties one mile west of Baggy...

MAY 8TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 8.15 A.M.

the coastguard reported that the sailing barge George Smeed, of Rochester, was dragging her anchors. The life-boat crew were assembled but the barge made no...

On the 29th March, 1859, a sloop was observed driving towards the shore in Abergele Bay, North Wales. The Rhyl life-boat belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was quickly con- veyed by horses to the bay, and launched.

This photograph shows Silloth's Atlantic 21, at speed in the Solway Firth and apparently about to be attacked by a U.F.I. (Unidentified Flying Insect!).

Unbeknown to photographer.

Jimmy Graham, the... - View image in PDF

Mrs Jean Baker (second from right), daughter of Sir David Robinson whose bequest funded the lifeboat, at the naming and dedication ceremony for The Lizard's new Tyne class lifeboat.

With her are (from left to right) her... - View image in PDF

Celebrity Lunch Ladies of the Belfast branch organised a celebrity luncheon in Belfast's City Hall which was hosted by the Lady Mayoress, Mrs Stella Empey.

Television personality Anne Gregg was the chief guest at the... - View image in PDF

OCTOBER 6TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES.

A vessel had been reported in distress off the south-west corner of the Island of Skye, but nothing could be found, and after spending the night at Carbost, the life-boat, which was in...

THE second coxswain of the Appledore life-boat, John Richard Bowden, who took command of the Appledore lifeboat in the temporary absence of the regular coxswain, Sidney Cann, on nth September, 1964, has been awarded the bronze medal for...