LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Life-Boat Tale
Sound Services Ltd., Merton Park, London, who handle films for the R.N.L.I., said last year that following the loan of the film Part Time Heroes to Woodridge Junior Middle and Infants' School, Southover, North Finchley, London, they...
Category: Articles
Inventor Remembered: Mr. Eric H. Taylor
Through the death in the early summer of Mr. Eric H. Taylor, F.R.G.S., president of the St. David's branch of the R.N.L.I, and past secretary of the local life-boat station, the St. David's life-boat received donations in lieu of...
Category: Obituaries
Children's Friend
North Sunderland, Northumberland - At ii a.m. on 6th May, 1967, the life-boat mechanic informed the honorary secretary that heavy seas were breaking across the harbour mouth and that the motor fishing vessel Children's Friend was making...
Twenty-Five Years' Service:
Twenty-five years' service: Commander Bruce Cairns, RD, RNR, retired as chief of operations at the end of 1986. He joined the lifeboat service as a district inspector of lifeboats in 1961 and served in the Irish, South East and Southern... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
St.Bees 17Ft 6In C Class Inflatable Lifeboat
Left: villagers and guests from all over Cumbria attending the service of dedication of the new St Bees 17ft 6in C class inflatable lifeboat on Saturday October 26, 1985. The lifeboat was paid for out of the bequest of the late Mrs Peggy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Stop Press
Corrections The Spring 2007 centre-spread picture of the rescue team at Tenby included representatives of the local Police, Ambulance, Fire and Coastguard services, though these were omitted from the caption. Sincere apologies to all...
Category: Articles
Fraserburgh (1)
FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE On the 24th September, 1940, the Fraserburgh life-boat rescued the crew of ten of the steam trawler Northward, of Grimsby.
CAPTAIN ANDREW STEPHEN, harbour master and joint honorary secretary,...
Category: Medals
Fishing Boats
OCTOBER 2 2ND. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Shortly before noon the sea became heavy, with an easterly wind blowing.
A number of fishing boats were making for harbour and the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at noon...
Alex and Gratitude
MARCH 2ND. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
When the small fishing boats Alex and Gratitude were seen making for home, a fresh east-north-east wind was blowing and heavy seas were breaking across the harbour entrance, so the motor...
Saved after sandbank shift
RNLI lifeguards patrolling Tenby South beach went to the aid of a group of 40 people when the sandbank they were walking on shifted on 25 July.
The 36 children and 4 adults were suddenly out of their depth. Two lifeguards...
Category: Articles