LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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The Cardiff steamer Porthcawl, from which the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston motor life-boat rescued twenty-five men on 14th September. - View image in PDF
This photograph was taken from the air. (See page 162.). - View image in PDF
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31st July.
A signal from the Clacton-on-Sea life- boat was mistaken as a call for more aid.
—Rewards, £8 10s. 6d. (An account of the Clacton service appears on page 156.).
Santa Maria
On the 27th of September, 1951, the St. Helier life-boat towed in a French yacht and her crew of three.
For a full account of this service, and the rewards, see page 280..
H.M. Trawler Erraid
VELLUM FOR BEMBRIDGE COXSWAIN Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—On the 5th of December, 1947, the motor life-boat Jessie Lumb rescued eighteen men from H.M. trawler Erraid, and the coxswain was awarded the Institution's thanks on...
The S.S. Zor
On the 18th-19th of May, 1955, the Wells and Sheringham life-boats be- tween them rescued nine men from the S.S. Zor. For a full account of these services, for which the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum were accorded to Coxswain...
The Liberian Tanker Panther (15,840 Tons) Stuck on the Goodwin Sands After Running Aground on 30th March, 1971. Tugs Eventually Got Her Off With (Lower Foreground) the Local Life-Boat Standing
The Liberian tanker Panther (15,840 tons) stuck on the Goodwin Sands after running aground on 30th March, 1971. Tugs eventually got her off with (lower foreground) the local life-boat standing by. An account of this service appears on page... - View image in PDF
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In May 1972 Princess Anne Visited the St.Ives Cornwall Life-Boat Station Where She Met Coxswain Thomas Cocking Who Two Months Later Dived for the Boy Described I
In May, 1972, Princess Anne visited the St. Ives, Cornwall, life-boat station where she met Coxswain Thomas Cocking who two months later dived for the boy described in the report on this page.
by courtesy of Studio St. Ives... - View image in PDF
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A K.L.M. Constellation Aircraft
On the 14th-15th of August, 1958, the Fenit and Galway Bay life-boats carried out a long and unsuccessful search for survivors of a K.L.M.
Constellation aircraft, which had crashed into the sea. An account of their search...
The S.S. Holderness
ON the llth of March, 1959, the Blyth life-boat rescued four of the crew of the s.s. Holderness of Hull.
A full account of this service, for which Coxswain Thomas Fawcus was accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed...
Life-Boat Ties
BECAUSE of the large demand for the new life-boat ties, which were described in the September number of the Life- boat on page 279, it has been possibleto place a substantial order for future supplies with consequent reductions in price.... - View image in PDF
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