LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
None (6)
Clovelly, North Devon. At 5 p.m.
on 22nd June, 1965, the coastguard reported that a helicopter was going to try to rescue a man who had fallen over the cliff at Lundy Island. The life-boat was asked to stand by. The maroons...
A Little Dogged Determination...
The guests of honour at the annual RNLI coffee morning in Mayfield, East Sussex on 2 December 1995 were Keith Stevens, son of the stationmaster at Mayfield (in the days when they had a railway!) and now a member of the crew of the Selsey... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pilot Me II and Success
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At midday on the 25th of February, 1950, a strong north-easterly wind was bringing up a dangerous sea on the Harbour bar, while the local motor fishing vessels, the Pilot Me II and Success were still at sea. At 12.15 the...
None (10)
APPENDICITIS At 7.15 p.m. on 27th June, 1965, the local doctor notified the honorary secretary that a man was seriously ill with appendicitis, and asked for the use of the life-boat to transport the patient to the mainland. No other suitable...
Rentokil Group Ltd.
A small service to help a great one Rentokil is proud to have helped in the renovation of a number of R.N.L.I, stations and to have served an Institution whose own traditions of service are without parallel.
KENTOKIL...
Category: Advertisement
June
FOUR GALWAY BAY MEDALS On the 16th January, 1962, the Galway Bay life-boat rescued eight men and a dog from the Dutch coaster June.
A full account of this service, for which four bronze medals for gallantry were awarded,...
Portuguese Life-Saving Car, Ready to Go to the Rescue
Portuguese Life-Saving Car Ready To Go To The Rescue. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Nordeflinge
Workington, Cumberland.—On the 29th of July, 1953, the S.S. Nordeflinge, of Cardiff, reached Workington and anchored off the harbour. She re- ported that she was short of food, and as no other boat was available, the life-boat Manchester and...
None (3)
Galway Bay, Co. Galway. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 8th May, 1961, when the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson put off in response to a call from the police at Louisburgh, Co.
Mayo, there was a strong west...
An Aeroplane
Exmouth, Devon.—22nd March, 1939.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but her crew were saved by a small boat from the shore.—Rewards, £2615s.
(See "Shoreboat Services,"...