LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Year Honours
Rear Admiral Sir Edmund Irving, C.B., F.R.S.A., a member of the Committee of Management, has been made a K.B.E. in the New Year Honours list.
Mr. W. R. Edwards, honorary secretary of the Ramsey, Isle of Man, life-boat...
Category: Awards
Deo Gratias
Padstow, Cornwall. On 23rd November, 1965, the Padstow life-boat Joseph Hiram Chadwick rescued the crew of two of the fishing vessel Deo Gratias. A full account of this service, for which special awards were made to the coxswain and crew,...
A Yacht (1)
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire - At 4 p.m. on nth April, 1966, the coxswain informed the assistant honorary secretary that a small yacht was getting into difficulties in the bay. The coastguard was contacted, and after setting a watch they said...
Gweneth
TOW FOR YACHT EN FOG The Lizard-Cadgwith, Cornwall. At 2.36 on the morning of the 15th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was stationary about one mile east of the life-boat station. She had no engine and...
An Auster Aircraft (3)
Dungeness, and Dover, Kent ; Hast- ings and Eastbourne, Sussex. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 7th of February, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary at Eastbourne that an Auster aircraft was missing on a flight from Lympne...
Fig 1(Above):
Fig 1 (above): The second prototype FSB is turned . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services from Page 226
and rough seas. At the request of the Coastguard, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's Atlantic 21 was launched with Helmsman Colin Staples in command.
However, when the lifeboat arrived on scene the man had succeeded in...
Category: Services
Paula Fudge
Paula Fudge, world class athlete, reaches for a lottery ticket from the depths of the drum spun by Fred Williams, appeals office superviser.
John Atterton (r). then deputy director of the RNLI, was one of the supervisors of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs