LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Belgian Trawler
LOST FOUR FINGERS At 11.45 p.m. on ist September, 1964, the honorary secretary heard that a Belgian trawler was off Fleetwood with an injured man aboard, who had lost four fingers in an accident. At 12.5 a.m. the life-boat Ann Letitia...
(Left) Coxswain Matthew Lethbridge Jnr Bem With His Wife Pal
(Left) Coxswain Matthew Lethbridge. Jnr, BEM. with his wife Pal.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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HELICOPTER LOWERS DOCTORS TO LIFE-BOAT The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 8.3 on the evening of the 16th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two girls were in difficulties in Three Cliffs Bay.
There...
Crewhill and Osage
DECEMBER 18TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 4.20 P.M. the steamer Crewhill, of Belfast, was seen to be approaching and to be signalling for the life-boat, and at 4.30 P.M. the motor life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched. A...
Seaham Lifeboat Launches for the Last Time Photograph By Courtesy of the 'Echo' Sunderland
Seaham lifeboat launches for the last time. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of the 'Echo' Sunderland. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain Charles Bowry of Sheerness With His Son Young Charles Photograph By Courtesy of Ctvc
Coxswain Charles Bowry of Sheerness with his son, young Charles. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of CTVC. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sea Lion
Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 10.20 on the night of the 10th of May, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that red flares had been seen off Manghold Head. At 10.45 the life- boat Thomas Corbett was launched in a moderate sea....
Marseille
Again, on the 14th December, the barque Marseille stranded on Ted's Bank, during very thick and foggy weather, and in a heavy sea. The Life-boat proceeded out, but by the time she reached the vessel it was found she had floated with the...
The Wherry Uncle George
BOYS ADRIFT At 5.17 p.m. on 27th May, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three boys were adrift in an 18-foot wherry. Despite the light southeasterly breeze there was a thick fog with visibility down to 50 yards and a...
The Lady Sheffield, of Manchester
By the death of Lady Sheffield on 4th January, has passed away, at the age of eighty, one of the oldest and most generous of the Institution's workers in the north of England, and one who will be remembered with gratitude not only for...
Category: Obituaries