LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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CARDIGAN.—On the night of the 26th February there was every indication of a heavy gale approaching, and the Coxswain of the Life-boat Lizzie and Charles Leigh Clare determined to keep watch all night. Shortly after 4 A.M. on the 27th idem,...
F.V. Brigg
Life in the old girl yet! The Robert, Beaumaris1 Watson class lifeboat bid a fine farewell during her passage back to the RNLI's Poole depot following her withdrawal from service in July.
She was called into service...
Two Fishing Boats
FEBRUARY 3RD. - MONTROSE, ANGUS.
At 10.10 in the morning a report was received from Scurdy Ness that two fishing boats which were at sea would find it dangerous to enter harbour. A northerly wind was blowing, with a heavy...
Gemini
At 1.46 p.m. on 5th April, 1970, the coastguard reported that a dinghy was searching for skin divers three quarters of a mile north east of Swanage pier. The life-boat R.L.P.
was launched at 2.2. When the lifeboat came up...
Colston
Dfracombe, Devon. At 5.50 on the evening of the 1st of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a member of the crew of the m.v. Colston was seriously ill and needed hospital treatment, and asked if the life-boat...
St. Peter Port Inaugural Ceremony
The Life-bott and the Stales Barge.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In Tenby Harbour
The Porthdinllaen and Barmouth life-boats on the sand alongside the quay. On the other side of the quay is the Tenby life-boathouse and slipway.
From photographs by Mr, A. R. Hughes, a member of the crew of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bringing In a Sea-Plane
The Port Erin motor life-boat bringing in the R.A.F. plane, K9686, on the 24th July, 1938.
The call for the life-boat came when the crew was attending the annual Life-boat Sunday Service, and the service was abandoned..<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A New Medal for Gallantry
SINCE the Institution was founded the head of the Sovereign has appeared on the obverse of the medals which it awards for gallantry. The first medals, struck in 1825, had the head of George IV. Although, on his accession to the throne in...
Category: Medals
A Broadcast from Walmer to America
IN July, 1948, Coxswain Frederick Upton, of Walmer, recorded a talk for the National Broadcasting System of Ke y York, to be broadcast in America.
"Hullo, America! "This is Freddy Upton, coxswain of the Walmer...
Category: Articles