LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sensation
ALDEBURGH.—On the morning of the 1st November the coastguard on duty reported that guns were being fired and signal flags shown on board a vessel aground on the Shipwash Sands. A strong N.W. breeze was blowing, theTe was a moderately rough...
Robert Glen and Ron Miller of E. P. Barrus
Robert Glen and Ron Miller of E. P. Barrus hold the cheque which funded the D class Lawnflite visible behind them.
Behind the cheque is RNLI director Brian Miles and flanking them are Richard Parry (left) and Andy Elton... - View image in PDF
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Lady Gay
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 8.45 on the evening of the 4th of September, 1953, H.M. Customs telephoned to say that a boat was ashore near St. Anthony Lighthouse. The life-boat Hearts of Oak, on temporary duty at the station, put to sea at nine...
Harrow Branch
Readers digest?- Or is it the currant issue of the journal? This appetising and skilfully iced cake was the prize in a raffle organised by the newly formed Harrow branch when they were asked to take part in an open-air fund raising event run... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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SERVICES REQUESTED At 12.15 p.m. on 22nd March, 1965, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he had a patient with suspected appendicitis, and requested the services of the life-boat. The mail steamer bound for Galway would be...
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Galway Bay. At 9.15 p.m. on iyth January, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he needed the life-boat's assistance to convey a badly injured man to the mainland. The lifeboat Mabel Marion Thompson left at 10 with...
Cymbeline
On the following morning a schooner was seen stranded close to the spot where the Energy had sunk. The Life-boat Beauchamp was launched at 5 o'clock and on reaching the vessel—which proved to be the schooner Cymbeline, of London— the...
Marianna
.— On the 6th February, shortly after midday, the barque Marianna, of Arendal, in tow, was observed about one and a half miles off Port Patrick with a heavy list and not able to steer. There was a strong S.W. wind and heavy ...
Silver Wings
TOW FOR FISHING VESSEL AFTER ENGINE BREAKDOWN Newhaven, Sussex. At 1.25 early on the morning of the 2nd June, 1963, the Newhaven coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen between three and a half and four...
Zwaanntje Cornelia
About an hour before sunset, in misty weather, on the llth September a foreign schooner went ashore on the Barber Sand, and the Cockle Lightship commenced to fire guns. The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat Nancy Lucy were assembled, and the boat...