LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Remedy, of Whistable
On the 17th November, the schooner Remedy, of Whitstable, was in a very dangerous position near the Admiralty Pier during a fearful gale of wind. The Royal Wiltshire life-boat put off, and re- mained by the vessel till she was out of...
Nine Years After
THE coxswain at Eastbourne has received a picture postcard from Sweden: " Many hearty greetings to you and warm thanks for wonderful rescue of 1930 to all from B. Lindfors." The postcard had a picture of Trafalgar...
Category: Articles
The Tom Tit, of Dover
Dover, Kent;—At 1 P.M. on the 1st November a message was received from the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station that a small boat was making signals of distress east of Dover harbour.
A moderate N. breeze was blowing, with a...
Around the Coast
Minehead: The Royal Corps of Transport is taking an Atlantic 21 into service on a target range off the Hebrides. Last December a detachment of men was sent to Minehead for exercises in launching and recovery with ILB crew members; it is one...
Category: Articles
Michael Joseph
Alun Richards ENNAL'S POINT • 'Those heroic volunteers who man the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's boats spring vividly to life in Ennal's Point.... the bravery of the lifeboatmen has been much neglected in fiction and...
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Not Everyone Who Buys a Special Excursion Train Ticket to London
Not everyone who buys a special excursion train ticket to London from Liverpool costing £7 finds herself arriving at Euston station heralded by Royal Marine trumpeters and the winner of a two-week Mediterranean cruise for two people. It... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Jonas Oxley 81-Year-Old Ex-Coxswain Of
Jonas Oxley, 81-year-old ex-coxswain of Walton and Frinton lifeboat and the holder of two bronze medals and the Royal Humane Society resuscitation certificate, presents an angling trophy to Cecil Ellis for the heaviest catch at last year'... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother hands the RNLI's new colour to Coxswain Leonard Patten of Newhaven.
Partly obscured is Mr James Westoll, Chairman of the Clothworkers' Foundation, which sponsored the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Liner Calypso (1)
Cruise liner in crisis Six lifeboats launched on 6 May 2006 to the help of The Calypso (pictured). The 135m liner and 708 passengers were 15 miles south of Beachy Head, East Sussex, when fire broke out. Tyne classes MaxAitken III from...