LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Inshore Rescue Boats on Service
FROM ist July to 3Oth September, 1964, inshore rescue boats were launched on service 141 times. On 24 occasions described in chronological order below they were able to rescue people in difficulties.
Southwold, Suffolk. At...
Category: Services
Llantwit Major Ladies' Guild
Llantwit Major ladies' guild with Atlantic College held a May Ball which raised £2,500 for the Welsh lifeboat appeal. The event was held at St Donat's Castle and was attended by the Lord Lieutenant Sir Cennydd Traherne and Lady... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
While Lieutenant Governor for the Bailiwick of Guernsey Vice-Admiral Sir John Martin Kcb Dsc Mni Gave His Support to the Institution As President of Guernsey Branch While Lady Martin Serve
While Lieutenant Governor for the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Vice-Admiral Sir John Martin, KCB DSC MNI, gave his support to the Institution as president of Guernsey branch while Lady Martin served as president of Guernsey ladies' guild. At... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gai Floreal
FRENCH TRAWLER TOWED OFF ROCKS St. Ives, Cornwall. At 6.17 on the morning of the 4th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor trawler Gai Floreal of Dieppe was in difficulties three miles west of St. Ives...
The Fund Raisers
Taking the plunge Thirty-six volunteers made their first parachute jump from 2,000 feet at the Al Skydiving Centre, Newnham in June and three weeks later Jim Marriott, landlord of the Ship Inn and organiser of the jump handed a cheque for...
Category: Articles
Havorn
At 3.2 p.m. on 28th August, 1969, the coastguard reported that a yacht was in distress off St. Alban's head.
The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 3.12 in a fresh north westerly wind.
It was two hours...
A Dinghy (13)
Hastings, Sussex - At 4.32 p.m. on ist August, 1967, the police informed the honorary secretary that three bathers were in difficulties off Fairlight Cove. The IRB was launched at 4.35 and proceeded to the position indicated where she found...
Fair Judgement
NIGHT-LONG SEARCH St. Mary's, Scffly Islands. At 6.10 p.m. on 3rd May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the yacht Fair Judgement, on passage from Gibraltar, had asked for guidance to the Scilly Islands. The yacht was...
Jersey Channel Islands November 17 1987:
JF.RSKY, Channel Islands, November 17, 1987: Helmsman Tony Able, on board St Catharine's C class inflatable lifeboat, towing home the States Fire Service Zodiac inflatable rescue craft which had become swamped and suffered engine failure... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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