LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kilo
MEDAL SERVICE The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.
On i8th November, 1963, the Mumbles life-boat, William Gammon-Manchester and District XXX, rescued ten men from the motor vessel Kilo, of Amsterdam. A full account of this service,...
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awarded annually, is a decorated lifebelt given to the branch by HMS Stubbington earlier in the year.
A supper, organised by Brough and District ladies' guild, was held at Humber Yawl Club on January 26 with 90 people...
Category: Donations
It Had Never Been Done Before—Not Surprisingly—
/(had never been done before—not surprisingly—so this intrepid group set out to do it: (I to r) Ray Hea/ey, his wife Maureen, Remo Mele, Gillian Earles and George McLeod. The feat was to water ski the 50 miles between Lochinver and Stornoway... - View image in PDF
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David Jones Ro(Nw) Presents a Framed Certificate
David Jones, RO(NW), presents a framed certificate of thanks to the Queen's Arms, Warwick-on-Eden, where over the past eight years £10,000 has been raised for Carlisle branch. (I to r): Dr John Southern, Carlisle branch honorary... - View image in PDF
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Boys of Longlands County Secondary School Made This Model Life-Boat Station
Boys of Longlands County Secondary School made this model life-boat station which was displayed at the Stourbridge R.N.L.I, branch annual meeting.
Boys showing Mrs. A. Wooldridge, M.B.E., the honorary secretary of the... - View image in PDF
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A Rowing Boat (1)
Life-boat O.N. 729 - While on passage from Baltimore to Crosshaven on the loth August, 1967, the life-boat John R. Webb came up with a small rowing boat with four people on board.
They had lost an oar and were drifting...
Weymouth Memories
Your series looking at lifeboat stations from the air in the Spring 1996 issue, reminded me that I had come across a 'snapshot' of the Weymouth lifeboat taken in 1936.
I thought readers might like to see the sharp... - View image in PDF
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Men of Bumpstead and District Branch
Men of Bumpstead and District branch are not afraid to grab an oar and jump into their pulling lifeboat Sir William Hilary. Guiding her through the streets of Steeple Bumpstead as part of the local carnival can be a profitable task for this... - View image in PDF
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Angmering Record
The Angmering, West Sussex, branch held its annual Garden Fete in June, in the grounds of Lord and Lady Delfont's Angmering House. Lady Delfont took over as president of the branch in September The amount of money raised has increased... - View image in PDF
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Pulling a Fast One?
Pulling a fast one? There is no truth whatsoever in the rumour that the RNLI trials team are looking for an alternative means of lifeboat propulsion and asked the Director to acheive 25 knots under oar! Brian Miles, right, is actually... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs