LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats (1)
Wick, Caithness-shire. — During the afternoon of the 25th January, 1939, two local fishing boats were caught at sea by a strong easterly breeze, with a rough sea. They were seen making for harbour and the motor life-boat City of Edinburgh...
A Sailing Dinghy (4)
Worthing, Sussex. At approximately 3.15 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy had capsized one mile off Lancing. At 3.25 the IRB launched in a strong gusting to near gale force south-westerly wind and rough...
Walter Stanley (Jim) Firman
Walter Stanley (Jim) Firman, Scarborough tractor driver from 1952 to 1969, after serving as tractor driver helper from 1949 to 1952; during that time he was never known to miss launch or recovery. On his retirement at 65, Jim Firman sold...
Category: Obituaries
The Crew
Awards for saving drowning man...
Brain Barkess, crew member at Sunderland lifeboat station, has been awarded a Royal Humane Society Resuscitation Certificate in recognition of his actions during the rescue of three people...
Category: Articles
An Inflatable Dinghy
Capsized inflatable THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Porthdinllaen lifeboat station was informed by HM Coastguard at 1522 on Saturday April 25, 1981, that an inflatable dinghy had capsized in Porthdinllaen Bay, throwing two people into the water....
Cavalier
LOSSIEMOUTH, N.B.—On the 27th April, at 4. A.M., the Life-boat Bristol and Clifton put off, and rescued five men from the schooner Cavalier, of Lossiemouth, which had been driven ashore about fifty yards eastward of the old harbour. The wind...
A Life-Boat Band
This Amateur Orchestra, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien, of Altrincham, Manchester, and their eight sons, id the Institution on many occasions at dances and garden parties. Mr. O' Brien has also been for has helped jy pa several... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Returning from the Rescue
The Motor Life-boat, Greater London, at Southend on-Sea (Essex), returning with five men and a woman, the crews of three barges in distress at the mouth of the Thames, on 23rd November, 1930. The mast of one barge which sank can be seen in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H. F. Bolt
The Life-boat Elinor Soget was launched at 3 A.M., on the 7th November, while a moderate to strong gale was blowing from N.W., accompanied by a heavy sea, and saved the crew of four men from the Ketch H. F. Bolt, of Appledore, coal-laden,...
Princess Marina Presenting the Silver Medal to Coxswain J Nicholson of Aith
Princess Marina presenting the silver medal to Coxswain J. Nicholson, of Aith, f or his part in the rescue of the crew of 12 of the trawler Juniper on 19th February, 1967. The picture was taken at the annual meeting of the Institution at... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs