LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Dover, Kent.—At 9.4 on the morning of the 26th of May, 1957, the Sandgate coastguard telephoned that a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties a quarter of a mile off Shakespeare Cliff. The coxswain put out in his own boat to investigate,...
Central Appeals (From Page 102)
Central Appeals (from page 102) being December 31, 1974. In this way it is hoped to raise enough money to have a lifeboat 'owned' by the knitters.
A circular is available on the knit-in.
For those...
Category: Committee
Swanage - D Class Phyl Clare 2 and New Inshore Lifeboat House
Mrs Phyl Cleare stands alongside Swanage's new D class lifeboat during the naming ceremony for the lifeboat. A previous D class funded by Mrs Cleare is in the relief fleet and had conducted trials at the station prior to the allocation... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Vessel (29)
AUGUST 16TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A vessel of over 5,000 tons had been mined at the mouth of the Humber, but all the survivors were picked up by armed trawlers. - Paid permanent crew..
Boats & Bits
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Category: Advertisement
Dilkusha
Margate, Kent-At 8.58 p.m. on4th May, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a flare had been sighted at Foreness point. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched at 9.15 in a strong east north...
St.Bernard's School Barrow
Up, up and away.' Fund raisers launched 1,000 balloons from Si Bernard's School, Barrow to help buv a lifeboat. It was all part of a national event organised by the Keep Fit Association to raise cash for the RNLI. Terry Downing, hon... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Motor Boat (1)
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 7.43 p.m. on 4th July, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small motor boat with two men on board was overdue and that further inquiries were being made. In the meantime the coxswain and...
A Small Boat
At 3.45 P.M., on the 25th April, the Coastguard reported that a small boat had capsized off Whitmore Bay, and two men were clinging to her. The Life-boat, John Wesley, was smartly launched, and, in tow of a tug, pro- ceeded to the capsized...
Maldon Mud Run Society
Ma/don Mud Run Society raise money for charity by competitive running through the mud and sill of the River Blackwater at low tide around Christmas time each year. Following the last Christmas run, the Mayor of Maldon, on the society's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs