LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bust of Henry Blogg
A PLEASANT ceremony took place at Cromer on the 23rd May, 1962, when Earl Howe, Chairman of the Committee of Management, unveiled a memorial to the great Cromer coxswain, Henry Blogg. The memorial takes the form of a bronze bust and bronze...
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Wire
Wells, Norfolk.—At ten o'clock on the evening of the 28th of May, 1956, a yacht was seen to be in difficulties north-east of Wells. At 10.30 the life-boat Cecil Paine was launched.
The sea was smooth, a moderate east-...
The Conningbeg Lightvessel
Kilmore, Co. Wexford - At 12.30 a.m. on 4th February, 1967, a message was received that a man had fallen overboard from the Conningbeg lightvessel.
A further message advised that the man had been picked up and required a...
Dolphin
TRAWLER BROKE DOWN Dungeness, Kent. At 9.55 p.m. on 2ist March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small trawler had broken down three miles north-east of Dungeness. There was a light southwesterly breeze with a moderate...
A Dinghy
At 5 p.m. on 2ist March, 1967, a dinghy with two people aboard was reported drifting out to sea. Launch of the lifeboat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was requested in support of an R. A.F. helicopter which had also been alerted. The...
The Railway and the Life-Boat
MOST persons in this country are aware that the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has studded the coasts of the United Kingdom with Life-boats; but it is probably not known to many that nearly the whole of those boats are built in London,...
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Herring Boats
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.—On the 15th September several of the large herring boats belonging to this place were lying at anchor in the bay when a very violent gale suddenly sprang up, and the sea rose very rapidly, and they were in great...
Mermaid Marine Engines
If the RNLI choose the Mermaid...
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Built to the Royal National Life-boat Institution's strict specification...
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'It's real-life drama'
Ace Bhatti, actor and former lifeboat crew member
When I asked if I could help out around the inshore lifeboat station at Staithes and Runswick, they said ‘no – we need you on the...
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The George Pickard
At about 5.20 P.M. on the 23rd October news was received that a small boat was burning flares outside the north arm of the Admiralty breakwater. She was the old life-boat George Pickard, which had been sold out of the service, and was now...