LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cachalot (1)
Clacton-on'Sea, and Southend-on-Sea, Essex, and Margate, Kent.—Early on the morning of the 25th October the yacht Cachalot, of Burnham-on-Crouch, with one man on board, got intodifficulties near the Mid-Barrow...
This Photograph Which Was Sent In By Mrs. Christina Dalwood, of Wareham, Dorset, Shows Her Small Daughter Samantha Kitted Out for Heavy Weather
This photograph, which was sent in by Mrs. Christina Dalwood, of Wareham, Dorset, shows her small daughter Samantha kitted out for heavy weather. Just to the left in the background is the Swanage lifeboat station. But if Samantha thinks that... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Swallow
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 12.26 a.m. on i2th July, 1967, a red flare was reported near Barton-on-Sea. At 1.43 the life-boat. The Earl and Countess Howe, slipped her moorings. The tide was flooding. The life-boat found a small fishing boat...
Ex-Motor Mechanic Thomas Sliney
EX-MOTOR MECHANIC THOMAS SLINEY, who for nearly 20 years served in that capacity with the Ballycotton, Co. Cork, life-boat, died on 23rd October, 1966.
He was awarded the silver medal in 1936 and the bronze medal in 1943...
Category: Obituaries
Sea Food:
Sea food: members of Largs Junior Chamber of Commerce appear remarkably unconcerned by what is clearly a severe case of rising damp during a recent dinner staged on the slipway of the lifeboat station. This chilling experience, devised... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Inverness Sub-Aqua Club
Inverness Sub-Aqua Club held a sponsored snorkel in the River Ness, starting from the Infirmary bridge and ending up at Friar's bridge. Clem Watson, area organiser for north Scotland, is pictured (centre) in the river just before... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Selling a Dummy!
For seven years Gladys the life-saving lady has stood guard outside Peter Humphriss' shop in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, and over the years she has collected several thousand pounds for the RNLI from the many tourists who visit the New... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Six Times One:
Six times one: John Spivey of Iver, Bucks, was wearing his Shoreline sweater recently on the day he scored a hole in one during a golf tournament. It was, unbelievably, the sixth hole in one of his golfing career and one thing that pleased... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Station secretary saves drowning man Trearddur Bay honorary secretary Jack Abbott was awarded a Royal Humane Society award and Resuscitation Certificate for saving the life of a man he found face down in the sea on 24...
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Stranded off Skerries Skerries Atlantic 75 Rockabill was launched at 9.44pm on 5 November 2005 to the aid of 13 Latvian winkle pickers who were stranded on Colt Island off Skerries, Co. Dublin, when the boat due to collect them suffered...