LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To THOMAS PENGILLY, on his retirement, after serving 27 years as Coxswain and previously 10 years as Second Coxswain of the Clovelly Life-boat, a Certificate of Ser- vice and a Pension.
To JOHN W. PLUMMER, on his...
Category: Awards
The Sailfin Being Towed By a Tug to Lowestoft Harbour
The Saiirm Being Towed By A Tug To Lowestoft Harbour. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The RNLI's Training Divisional Inspectors Taking Swiftwater Rescue
The RNLI's Training Divisional Inspectors Taking Swiftwater Rescue. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ross Revenge
Photographers save fishermen in GaleA rescue carried out by the crew of a rigid inflatable in Gale force conditions on 16 April 1991 has earned its two-man crew awards from the RNLI. The owner of the boat, Rick Tomlinson (a former crew...
Amos
Aberdeen.—At 7.41 on the evening of the 25th of December, 1957, the coast- guard told the honorary secretary that there was a very sick man on board the coaster Amos, of Copenhagen. Her position was then 75 miles south-east of Aberdeen. The...
None (6)
Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 10.20 on the morning of the llth of September, 1953, the doctor on Eigg asked if the life-boat would take him to Canna to attend an urgent medical case, as no other boat was available. At 10.45 the life-boat Sir...
Provider A, Success, Lead Us and Pilot Me
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 2.20 on the afternoon of the 14th of November, 1956, the skipper of the fishing boat Provider A reported that there were heavy seas on the harbour bar and that his own vessel had had great difficulty in reaching the...
Northumberland
On the llth Nov. a signal-light was seen off the harbour, and on the Life-boat proceeding to the spot, she fonnd the fishing lugger Northumberland, of Flam- borough, had gone ashore at Wells East Birt, and that the crew of 10 men had...
Fishing Cobles (2)
HOLY ISLAND.—The No. 1 Life-boat Grace Darling was launched at about 11 A.M. on the 22ad February, the Kev.W. W. F. Keeling, Vicar of Holy Island, and Honorary Secretary of the Institution's branch, taking charge of the boat in the...
Logwatch
Logwatch, a new electronic navigational instrument made by the marine equipment division of R. P. Jeffers and Company, has recently been evaluated by the RNLI design department. It is an electronic digital log with an integral chronometer...
Category: Articles