LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Left: Stuart Weiford In 1977
Left: Stuart Weiford in 1977, wearing RNLI visor and helmet in the working section of the wind tunnel. - View image in PDF
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Horbury Ladies Guild
There » ;s much clowning ahum as ltorbiir hulics' guild began to collect a mile of pennies, nr rather l»o pence pieces The guild are hoping lo complete the mile before the end of the IVtiti financial ear. As the mile of coins... - View image in PDF
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Leesa Espley From Hunstanton
Leesa Espley from Hunstanton is the fi rst woman in the RNLI to get a hovercraft licence. Photo: Simon Barber. - View image in PDF
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Above: a Welcome Sight
Above: A welcome sight for the Lone yachtsman: Frederick Storey Cockburn coming to the rescue. - View image in PDF
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A Naval Examination Vessel
MARCH 13TH. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM.
At 4.17 A.M. the coastguard reported that the naval examination vessel was ashore inside the New South Pier, and needed help.
A strong N.E. wind was blowing, with a rough...
Mrs Rita Rennie,
Mrs Rita Rennie, member of the Usk committee from 1977 to 1997. In 1995 she was awarded the Statuette..
Category: Obituaries
Kingfisher
AUGUST 6TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. At 1.15 in the morning the Bangor coastguard telephoned that they had learned from the Ballyholme Hotel that a yacht was in distress in Ballyholme Bay. She was the Kingfisher of Bangor,...
Martinet
FEBRUARY 27TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
Shortly after 5 A.M. the coastguard reported a vessel making a distress signal two and a half miles S.S.W. of Orfordness, and the No. 2 motor life-boat Lucy Lavers was launched at 6.30 A...
Life-boats Stations Put Out of Action
Two life-boat stations were temporarily put out of action.
The Tynemouth boat-house, and part of the slipway, were destroyed by the same bomb which destroyed the life-boat. It was six months before the station could be...
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Rescue of a Flying Boat.
The bronze medal for gallantry has been awarded to Cowwain Walter D. Crowther Qf Plymouth, and its thanks on vellum to each of the eight member* of his crew, for saviaj a flyicg boat and the two men on board her. The flying boat was at...
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