LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Alice Bowater
At 10.3 p.m. on 30th March, 1968, the coastguard reported that the s.s. Alice Bowater had a sick man aboard suffering from acute abdominal pain. The vessel was then about 120 miles east of Spurn head.
Arrangements were made...
Lifeboat Services from Page 230
from page 230 the trawler. He was landed at Walney Airfield at 0102 and transferred to North Lonsdale Hospital.
The honorary medical adviser and two lifeboat crew members remained aboard the trawler because of the sea...
Category: Services
Lleyn Peninsula: Abersoch Criccieth Porthdinllaen and Pwllheli By Joan Davies
JUTTING OUT boldly into the Irish Sea, open to winter gales from most points of the compass, the beautiful Lleyn Peninsula of North Wales has its share of hazards to shipping. Over the years many vessels have been wrecked on its shores and...
Category: Articles
A Bouquet for the Duchess— a Rose for a Little Girl: the Duchess of Kent Takes Out a Rose from Her Bouquet and Hands It Back to 5-Year-Old Susanne Gibbs Daughter of Co
A bouquet for the Duchess— a rose for a little girl: The Duchess of Kent takes out a rose from her bouquet and hands it back to 5-year-old Susanne Gibbs, daughter of Coxswain Kenneth Gibbs.
Photograph by courtesy of Western... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
List of Rewards for Saving Life from Wrecks, Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
Drogheda, Ireland.—A life-boat, on Mr. PEAKE'S design, has been recently placed at Drogheda by this Institution, aided by liberal contributions in that place, and the surrounding neighbourhood. This boat is 30 feet long by 7i feet wide,...
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L/Cpl. Rambahadur Limbu, Who Received the V.C. from the Queen on 12th July, 1966, for Bravery In Sarawak, Was a Visitor to the Eastbourne Life-Boat Station In June
L/Cpl. Rambahadur Limbu, Who Received the V.C. from the Queen on 12th July, 1966, for Bravery In Sarawak, Was a Visitor to the Eastbourne Life-Boat Station In June. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Medals for Fleetwood and Sheringham.
Coxswain Jeffrey Wright, of Fleetwood, and the moter mechanic, Sydney Hill, have been awarded the Institution's silver medal, and each of the other four members of the crew its vellum, for rescuing the crew of a motor schooner from the...
Category: Articles
Willowbrook Recliners
Willowbrook Recliners Win a riser recliner in luxury leather “ My aches and pains have lessened and the stress has gone out of my life, I feel so restful.” E N, London – Willowbrook customer 100 runner up prizes too! £150 cash for your...
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