LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shield
Brighton, Sussex. At 4.38 p.m. on 30th August, 1965, the pier master reported that a small fishing vessel about 2 miles out was signalling for assistance.
At 4.45 the IRB launched in a moderate westerly breeze and...
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SICK CHILD At 4.30 p.m. on 25th January, 1966, the local Medical Officer of Health informed the honorary secretary that there was a sick child with suspected appendicitis who needed immediate hospital treatment, and because of the rough sea...
First Man to Greet the Atlantic Heroes Captain John Ridgway and Sergeant Chay Blyth When They Stepped Ashore at Kilronan on the Aran Islands on 3rd September, 1966
First man to greet the Atlantic heroes, Captain John Ridgway and Sergeant Chay Blyth when they stepped ashore at Kilronan, on the Aran Islands, on 3rd September, 1966, after their 92 day voyage of 3,000 miles, was Father Joseph McNamara, the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Kalispera
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 7.42 p.m. on 3Oth August, 1966, it was reported that the sloop Kalispera had left Scarborough at 1.15 p.m. bound for Whitby and was overdue. The life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 9.20 in a moderate to strong...
Santos
Padstow, Cornwall - At 5.51 p.m. on 22nd July, 1967, a small yacht was reported in difficulties on the north side of Harlyn bay. The life-boat Joseph Hiram Chadwick slipped her moorings at 6.14 in a moderate north easterly breeze and a...
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Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 4.0 p.m. on I2th August, 1967, preparations were almost complete for the new life-boat's naming ceremony when severalcalls were received of a boat in distress in Scotsmans bay. At 4.20 p.m. the lifeboat...
Royal Humane Society Award
On 7th August, 1968, when the Ramsey, Isle of Man, life-boat Thomas Corbett was being launched for publicity purposes the tractor driver, Mr. W.
Collister, who was wearing his life-saving suit, was swept off the tractor...
Category: Awards
Tarka II
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - At 9 p.m. on 25th May, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted six to eight miles south south west of Shoreham. At 9.7 the life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was...
Ryburn Ladies' Guild
Ten years of fund raising by Ryburn ladies' guild was celebrated when a classic race night meeting was organised by the committee and made £700 in the process. To lend authenticity, five of the guild's members dressed up as... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Leeds Shoreline Club
A scale model of the Barra Island Solent class lifeboat, Hugh William Viscount Gough, was a great attraction, especially for children, when on display in the Leeds Merrion shopping centre.
The model, made by Brian Hobson... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs