LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Earl of Buchan
MARCH 27TH. - EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE.
At 9.10 A.M. the coastguard telephoned that a trawler was showing signals for medical aid. A light southerly wind was blowing with a rough sea. The motor lifeboat Frank and William...
More Than 20 Chartered Surveyors and Their Office Colleagues from Blackpool
More than 20 chartered surveyors and their office colleagues from Blackpool chose to raise money for the RNLI and their own benevolent fund by raising themselves a foot above the ground on stilts and completing a half-mile course down the... - View image in PDF
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Flying Colours:
Flying colours: the annual service for seafarers at St Paul's Cathedral in October was attended by the RNLI's President, The Duke of Kent. To represent the Institution's lifeboat crews, seven men from Kent and Essex stations were... - View image in PDF
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Great Rail Journeys
TYROLEAN WINTER BY TRAIN FROM LONDON Trove/ with the UK's hading specialist in holidays by rail on this sensational 10-day holiday to the snow covered mountains of the Austrian Tyrol.
A friendly and professional Tour...
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The Mail Steamer Lochearn
NOVEMBER 22ND. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. During the morning the mail steamer Lochearn, of Oban, arrived in Castlebay harbour. A southerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and the steamer was unable to make the pier. She had to anchor in...
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Trapped in cave TWO BOYS TRAPPED in a cave on the north side of Brean Down were reported to the honorary secretary of Weston-super-Mare ILB station at 1625 on Sunday November 12, 1978, by Barry Coastguard. Maroons were fired at 1632 and the...
Coxswain Alexander Gall
The Institution also deeply regrets the death of five other former cox- swains :— COXSWAIN SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAM ANDERSON, of the Humber.
COXSWAIN WILLIAM DYKE, of Swanage.
COXSWAIN ALEXANDER ...
Category: Obituaries
As a Memorial to Motor Mechanic R F 'Bob' Appleby of Filey Who Collapsed and Died on June 23 1974 Just As the Lifeboat Was About to Be Launched on Service Filey Life
As a memorial to Motor Mechanic R. F. 'Bob' Appleby of Filey, who collapsed and died on June 23, 1974, just as the lifeboat was about to be launched on service, Filey lifeboatmen are adding a rest room, changing room and look-out to... - View image in PDF
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Three Canoeists Who Last Year Made the First Ever Canoe Expedition By Coastal and Inland Waters from John O' Groats to Lands End Present a Cheque for £500 to Jo
Three canoeists who, last year, made the first ever canoe expedition by coastal and inland waters from John O' Groats to Lands End, present a cheque for £500 to John Lunch, a member of the Committee of Management, at the centre pool... - View image in PDF
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Big Swim
The Basingstoke branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club held a sponsored swim in aid of the lifeboats and raised £1,169 - the largest single donation received by the RNLI Basingstoke branch.
Trophies were presented to the... - View image in PDF
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