LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Valentia, Co. Kerry - At 9.55 p.m. on 23rd October, 1969, Valentia radio station informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Ard Finbar had reported seeing red flares about twomiles north west of Bray head. The life-boat Rowland Watts...
Vip Launch:
VIP launch: the Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, was given the task of striking the releasing pin to set Douglas lifeboat on her way down the slipway when he visited the station in June. Douglas, on the Isle of Man, was where the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Kiddie Ride for Skegness
Kiddie ride for Skegness Pictured above is the latest addition to the lifeboat fleet at Skegness - a 'kiddie ride' boat in full RNLI livery.
The boat has been donated by R.G. Mitchell of Skegness, with a free refit... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Martell Cognac
The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...
Category: Advertisement
R-Eel-Y Good Deed
The crew of Cullercoats inshore lifeboat went to the aid of an unusual casualty in March - a 7ft conger eel! The 70lb fish, named Queenie, was given a flying start on her journey to the spawning grounds of the Azores, when her keepers at... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mirror Image
Crewman steers yacht to place of safetyThere is no such thing as a routine job for lifeboat crews. When the Campbeltown lifeboat was called out on 1 October 2000, it was simply to escort a troubled yacht to the safety of Carnpbeltown Loch....
Thrills, Spills and Women Drivers
Nearly 50 women drivers proved they were just as good as the boys when they competed in a off-road driving day in May that raised £4,000 for the lifeboats. The challenging event.
organised by RNLI North West office and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Worthwhile Find
Whilst turning out a drawer today I came upon some pictures showing the Worthing lifeboat and crews, we wondered if readers would be interested in seeing this cutting (left).
For some time we lived in the building right... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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SEPTEMBER 29TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. At 5.30 in the afternoon information was received at the life-boat station that five men, who had been collecting cattle from the islands to the south of Barra, were then on Pabbay Island and could...
Peterborough Trader, of London
FEBRUARY 3RD. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At four in the afternoon the coxswain saw a vessel putting up distress rockets about two miles east-south-east of Peterhead, and at 4.25 the motor life-boat Julia Park Barry of...