LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Captain Fleten from Fred Olden Lines
Captain Fleten from Fred Qtden Unes presents a cheque for £29,246 to Nigel French and Coxswain Tony Hawkins of Dover. - View image in PDF
Tne money WBS raised from fundraising dunng 1997 on board their two cruise liners.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ploughboy
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—During the afternoon of the 27th October, 1938, the local fishing boat Ploughboy, with two men on board, was caught at sea by bad weather. A moderate and increasing N.E. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor...
Rensche
On the morning of the 14th October the coxswain was informed by the Chief Officer of Coastguard that a message had been received by telephone from Thornham, stating that the services of the Lifeboat were required by a vessel in distress off...
Pearl
In very cold weather, during heavy snow-showers, the Life-boat Hollon the Second was launched on the 25th February, to assist a vessel which was reported ashore under Speeton Cliffs. On reaching the vessel it was found that she had lost her...
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Porthcawl, Glamorganshire - At 4.20 p.m. on ist May, 1966, the crew of the IRB heard a police radio message that four youths were stranded on a rock. The IRB was launched at 4.21 in a light southerly wind and a moderate ground sea. It was...
Obituaries
It is with deep regret that we announce the following deaths: August William Braund, coxswain of Clovelly lifeboat from 1956 to 1968. He had joined the crew in 1922 and served as bowman from 1935 to 1936, as assistant mechanic from 1936 to...
Category: Obituaries
Last word
'... in every way magnificent’
I was rescued by Lymington lifeboat crew on 15 July after my finger was severed. They arrived in only 7 minutes and were in every way magnificent. I lost my...
Category: Articles
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Messenger
ST. DAVID'S, PEMBROKESHIRE.—On the 15th October, at about 1 P.M., the Augusta Life-boat was launched, it having been reported that the brigantine Messenger, of Exeter, bound from Teignmotzth to Buncorn with a cargo of clay, had had all...
Fravizo
Penlee, Cornwall. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 25th of September, 1960, the port medical officer told the honorary secretary that a baby had been born on the m.v. Fravizo and that the master had asked for a doctor as soon as possible. It...