LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Canoes (1)
CANOEISTS SAVED At about 12.5 p.m. on 26th March, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that some 24 boys in canoes were in difficulties about one mile offshore near Herne Bay Pier. At 12.10 the IRB launched in a strong south...
Gym
New Brighton, Cheshire - At 3.45 p.m. on zoth June, 1967, it was learned that a small motor boat was in difficulties off the 025 buoy. The life-boat Norman B. Corlett slipped her moorings at 3.58 in a slight west north westerly breeze and a...
A Yacht (3)
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...
Jim
Ramsgate, Kent - At 7.31 a.m. on 3rd November, 1968, the coastguard reported that flares had been seen in Sandwich bay at the entrance to the river Stour. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 7.40 in a southerly gale...
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...
Staithes and Runswick
An indication of the interest aroused by Staithes and Runswick lifeboat weekend last July. It all began with a traditional nightgown parade on the Friday evening through Staithes, led by a jazz band. The next day Staithes and Runswick and... - View image in PDF
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Flying Colours:
Flying colours: the annual service for seafarers at St Paul's Cathedral in October was attended by the RNLI's President, The Duke of Kent. To represent the Institution's lifeboat crews, seven men from Kent and Essex stations were... - View image in PDF
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Bbc Television Appeal: Raymond Baxter Chairman
BBC Television Appeal: Raymond Baxter, chairman of the Public Relations Committee and a member of the Committee of Management, aboard Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Arun lifeboat and surrounded by the filming and recording team during the... - View image in PDF
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A Town Remembers:
A town remembers: Harry Bamber, Ken Smith, bearing the RNLI standard, and David Topping of Lytham lifeboat crew are followed by their Coxswain Arthur Wignall (I) and Helmsman Edward Brown of New Brighton in the procession on July 27, 1986,... - View image in PDF
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Giles Named at Porthcawl's New Station
Giles named at Porthcawl's new station Porthcawl was blessed with a clear sunny day on 7 September 1996 when Anthony Clarke, nephew of famous cartoonist and RNLI supporter Carl Giles, named the stations new Atlantic 75 lifeboat, Giles.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs