LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Medals for Devon Coxswains
Coxswain Edwin Distin, of Salcombe, who won the silver medal in the third month of the war, has now been awarded the bronze medal for rescuing the crew of an Admiralty salvage craft, in very heavy seas. His motor mechanic was ill, and his...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (54)
JUNE 10TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. An Anson aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but the crew were drowned before the life-boat and a motor launch could reach the spot. - Rewards, £7 13s. 6d.
Lifeboat People
AFTER THE SERVICE on December 1 of St Peter Port lifeboat to Natali, which transports Guernsey shellfish to Santander, the vessel's owners, Mariscos Del Cantabrico, entertained all members of the station's crew and their wives,...
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Malcolm Macdonald
Malcolm MacDonald joined Stornoway lifeboat crew in 1964, he became motor mechanic in 1967 and was appointed coxswain/mechanic in 1979. He was awarded the silver medal in 1980.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rnli news
Newspoint Technology and efficiency Technology moves on apace, and any organisation which seeks to stay effective and efficient must move with it.
Lifeboats are continually developing as new techniques and equipment become...
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Dover Lifeboat
Dover lifeboat station was delighted to receive a cheque for £6,000 from Customs officers from Dover Docks. The money had been raised mostly by holiday makers giving their spare foreign currency on returning to England. The Customs... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Thornton, of New York
On the 6th December, the ship Thornton, of New York, was stranded on the West Middle Sand off Liverpool during a fresh gale of wind, and subsequently became a total wreck. The Willie and Arthur life- boat went off, and brought ashore the...
Typhon, of Barber Sand
On the same day, the Caister No. 2 Life-boat was launched during a strong gale from E.N.E., and was fortunately enabled to get the Norwegian brig Typhon off the Barber Sand, and to take her safely into Yarmouth Harbour. There was a heavy sea...
Ben Screel
On the 18th January the Aberdeen steam trawler Ben Screel was wrecked and the Institution's life-saving apparatus at Torry helped in the rescue of the crew of ten, while the life-boat stood by.—Rewards, Tony life-saving apparatus,...