LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Awards to Coxswains, crews and shore helpers
Awards to Coxswains, crews and shore helpers The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement. Those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations were also...
Category: Awards
Betty, Hilda II, and Premier
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 18th of January, 1956, the weather worsened while the local fishing boats Betty, Hilda II, and Premier were still at sea, with three men in each boat. At 10.40 the life- boat E.C.J.R. was...
Roy and Barbara Harding at Her Naming Ceremony at Galway Bay (Photo Courtesy Lt Col Brian Clark)
Roy and Barbara Harding at Her Naming Ceremony At Galway Bay (Photo Courtesy Lt Col Brian Clark). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Maid of Kent and Dragon
SWANAGE.—On the 30th of September the Life-boat Charlotte Mary was launched, and brought ashore the crews—7 men in all—from the schooner Maid of Kent and the yacht Dragon, which vessels were in very dangerous positions during a heavy gale...
George and Mary of Hull
On the night of the 25th October, 1859, the sloop George and Mary, of Hull, was driven ashore near Filey, in a heavy gale from the eastward.
On her showing a light as a signal of dis- tress, the Filey life-boat was manned...
Awards to Coxswains Crews and Shore Helpers
Awards To Coxswains, Crews and Shore Helpers The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's...
Category: Awards
Oliver Lloyd and Turtle Dove
On the morn- ing of the 6th January the Manchester life- boat, the John Stuart, went off and succeeded in rescuing the crew of 3 men from the sloop Oliver Lloyd, of Cardigan, and 3 men from the smack Turtle Dove, of Aberystwith, which had...
Exmouth: (above) Souvenir programmes, and a bouquet, are presented to HRH the Duke and Duchess of Kent
Exmouth: (above) Souvenir programmes, and a bouquet, are presented to TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Steamers Tuscarora and Torvald
ON 3rd October, 1923, in a whole N.N.W. gale with a terrific sea, the trawlers of Brixham, were in danger in the harbour from a steamer, the Tuscarora, of Sunderland, which had come into collision with another steamer, the Torvald, of Sweden...
Sky Lark and Fisher Lassie
During the night of the 31st July the Coastguard at Knab saw flares being burnt by a vessel in the South entrance. She was evidently drifting seaward. The Life-boat Station was warned, and the Motor Life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland was...