LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Inshore Lifeboat Services September October and November 1979
Abersoch, Gwynedd September 13, October 15 and 25 Aberystwyth, Dyfed September 1, October 14 and 18 Aldeburgh, Suffolk September 9 Amble, Northumberland September 15 Appledore, North Devon September 2, 5 (three times), 15 and November 4...
Category: Services
To Mark the Retirement of Willie Mceachern Motor Mechanic at Islay for 25 Years and a Lifeboatman of 40 Years Service He and His Wife Were Guests of Honour at a Carniva
To mark the retirement of Willie McEachern, motor mechanic at Islay for 25 years and a lifeboatman of 40 years service, he and his wife were guests of honour at a carnival dance in December—a gathering of friends and colleagues. During the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.M. King Edward VIII, Patron of the Institution
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 130 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 39 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to June 15th, 1936 64,658 H.M. King Edward VII, Patron of the...
Category: Committee
Improved Rollers for Lifeboat Carriages and Skids
Is No. 43 of this Journal we described and illustrated the portable " Roller Skids " on which life-boats are hauled out of the wafer prior to placing them on their carriages, and in the 59th number an improved self-lubri- cating...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter
HM COASTGUARD are to move their headquarters from London to Poole following the move already made by the RNLI. A new central search and rescue information room will be established at the new Coastguard headquarters. These moves were...
Category: Articles
Lottery Winner David Penn (centre) Enjoys His Visit To West Mersea Lifeboat Station, With Deputy Launching Authorities Ian Crossley (left) And Jeremy Dumas (right)
Lottery winner David Penn (centre) enjoys his visit to West Mersea lifeboat station, with Deputy Launching Authorities Ian Crossley (left) and Jeremy Dumas (right).
Photo: Nigel Brown Lottery winner David Penn (centre).<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John Avins, a 34Ft Selfrightar Lifeboat
John Avins, a 34ft selfrightar lifeboat was stationed at Wick from W95-J905. She launched six times and saved 11 lives.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Silver Medal for Whitby Life-Boatman
The King has awarded the Silver Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea to John Robert Harland, of the Whitby life-boat crew, for diving overboard to the rescue of a fisherman in a heavy sea. As announced in the last issue, the Institution...
Category: Articles
The Fundraisers
In Brief MKMBKRS of Backwell branch recently travelled to Cherbourg and back in a day as guests of the P&O ferry company to sell RN LI Volvo draw tickets to passengers. The captains of both the ferries involved, Pride of Cherbourg and...
Category: Articles
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Bude, Cornwall - At 12.15 P-m. on 30th May, 1966, the IRB was on exercise with a partly trained crew when she received a message that a bather was in difficulties half a mile north west of Bude.
She proceeded immediately in...