LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rapparee
Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork - At 8.40 p.m. on 2ist June, 1967, it was learned that the motor launch Rapparee had developed engine trouble and could not be contacted. The life-boat Sir Arthur Rose slipped her moorings at 8.50 in a fresh breeze...
Her Grace Lavinia Duchess of Norfolk Patron of Linlehampton Branch Presented a Silver Statuette to Mr R J C Richards a Former Treasurer of the Branch During Li
Her Grace Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk.
patron of Linlehampton branch, presented a silver statuette to Mr R. J. C. Richards, a former treasurer of the branch, during Littlehampton's lifeboat ball last autumn. With them... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The 1986 North Sunderland Harbour Fete
The 1986 North Sunderland harbour fete was officially opened by Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland, seen here accepting a bouquet from Karla-Elise Reay, grand-daughter of branch secretary Robert Reay. Torrential rain half an hour before... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Raising the Roof!
Raising the roof! ... and the walls, and everything else come to that! This is one way of dealing with a boathouse which is surplus to requirements - in this case at Number.
The terms of the RNLI's lease dictated that... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Aberdovey's Lifeboat Named
Aberdovey's lifeboat named Aberdovey's Atlantic 75 lifeboat was officially named on Saturday, 16 October at the lifeboat station. The new lifeboat has been generously funded by an appeal to the people of Sandwell in the West Midlands... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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OCT. 31ST. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
It had been reported that a raft with men on board could be seen off Wicklow Head.
A strong gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. A rowing skiff put out from Wicklow as...
A Mustang Aeroplane (1)
OCTOBER 18TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 2.15 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a Mustang aeroplane had fallen into the sea about a mile from Chapel St. Leonards in a south-easterly direction. A...
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FEBRUARY 17TH. - SHERINGHAM, AND WELLS, NORFOLK. Three airmen had baled out of an American Liberator aeroplane which later crashed on fire. The Wells lifeboat searched in the morning but found nothing, and after a parachute had been reported...
Doggy paddle
19 July: Blackpool, Lancashire When a dog got into difficulty near Blackpool’s North Pier, the lifeboat crew launched in their D class and brought the pet to safety, much to the gratitude of its owner. As well as...
Category: Articles
Give a little whistle
25 November: When Broughty Ferry lifeboat was unable to locate a jet-skier who had called for help just after lunchtime, a major search and rescue operation was mounted, involving an RAF rescue helicopter and...
Category: Articles