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John 'Jinks' Smith,

Date: Autumn 1997

Volume: 56

Issue: 542

August John 'Jinks' Smith, former Portpatrick lifeboat crew member died aged 70. John was the last surviving member of the crew that went to the aid of the stricken Princess Victoria m 1953..

Category: Obituaries

Sorry

Date: Winter 2002

Volume: 58

Issue: 559

Sorry On page 37 of the Winter 2001/02 issue of the Lifeboat we carried an article about the Great North Run which took place on 16 September. The accompanying picture was incorrectly captioned and should have read 'New Brighton lifeboat... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Alan Malcolm

Date: Autumn 2002

Volume: 58

Issue: 562

Alan Malcolm prepares for his 60m abseil for the lifeboats. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

RNLI Chief Executive Andrew Freemantle and Captain Song Jiahui,

Date: Winter 2006

Volume: 60

Issue: 575

RNLI Chief Executive Andrew Freemantle and Captain Song Jiahui, Director General of the China Rescue and Salvage Bureau, met in Shanghai in November 2005 to sign a five-year cooperation plan between the two organisations following the sale... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

An Aeroplane (28)

Date: 1939

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1939

Nov. 3RD. - BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE.

It had been reported that what looked like an aeroplane on fire had fallen into the sea. A few seconds later a parachute landed in the same position. It was found later that the...

Perranporth Rowathon

Date: Autumn 2003

Volume: 59

Issue: 566

The club's oldest and youngest members in action. - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

An Aeroplane (101)

Date: 1941

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1941

JULY 10TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boat could find nothing, and later it was reported that a patrol boat had picked up an airman some miles from the position given to the life-boat...

An R.A.F. Rescue Launch and a Dinghy From a Wellington Aeroplane

Date: 1944

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1944

SEPTEMBER 2ND. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.

Soon after six in the morning the coastguard reported that a dinghy from a Wellington aeroplane had been seen nearly nine miles from Skegness pier. A strong south-easterly wind of...

A Steamer (4)

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

JANUARY 17TH. - WALMER, KENT. A call had been received from a steamer for the port doctor. The weather was severe and the life-boat could not find the steamer. She must have gone on her way. - Rewards, £15 11s. 6d..

None (74)

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

AUGUST 12TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT.

The naval authorities had asked. that the life-boat should go to the North Foreland where enemy parachutists had come down in the sea, but they could not be found.- Reward, £4 10s....