LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kerwick
Dunmore East, Co. Waterfori-At 11.20 p.m. on 6th December, 1969, the honorary secretary was told that flares had been sighted off Brownsford head. The life-boat Annie Blanche Smith slipped her moorings at 11.45. There was a south by westerly...
Irish Government Grant
The Minister for Transport and Power in the Irish Republic, Mr. Brian Lenihan, has decided to make a payment to the Institution of an annual grant of £10,000 towards the cost of operating the life-boat services in the Irish Republic. In...
Category: Donations
Voluntary System
Delegates at the conference of voluntary life-boat organisations held at Malmoin Sweden, 28th-31st May, 1972, unanimously expressed their belief in the 'overwhelming advantages of the voluntary system' for the provision of an...
Category: Articles
A Dinghy
Newbiggin, Northumberland - At 3.33 p.m. on 2ist June, 1967, it was learned that a dinghy had capsized.
Although it had been righted there was no sign of movement from the crew. The life-boat Mary jfoicey was launched at...
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St. Ives, Cornwall - At 9.29 p.m. on 23rd August, 1967, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a flare had been seen off Clodgy point. The IRB was launched at 9,35. The life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was launched 10...
A Launch (1)
On trials...
but on service Baltic Exchange II, a brand new Tyne carrying out engine trials before going on station at Salcombe, came to the aid of Ramsgate's harbourmaster on Saturday 30 July.
The...
Helping Hands
Photo: East Anglian Daily Times The East Anglian Daily Times newspaper has raised £50,000 towards the new boathouse at Harwich through its Heroes at Sea Appeal.
As part of the appeal, all schools throughout Suffolk and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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R-eel-y good deed The crew of Cullercoats inshore lifeboat went to the aid of an unusual casualty in March - a 7ft conger eel! The 70lb fish, named Queenie, was given a flying start on her journey to the spawning grounds of the Azores, when...
Luke John
Tyne class in five-hour search The Mumbles lifeboat crew, below, discuss operations with police divers during a service on 24 November 1991 to local charter fishing boat Luke John.
The casualty sunk at anchor within two...
New Lifeguard Towers Being Installed This Summer (pictured)
For the RNLI, going ‘green’ is not about fl aunting ecoworthiness.
There are sound economic and common-sense principles behind the trial of the PowerEd, a combination mini wind turbine, solar panel and weather sensor... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs