LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Cover nor.
Mr. CHARLES J. SHARP, J.P., has been appointed an Honorary Life-Governor of the Institution and has been presented with a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Duke of Kent,...
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Sirius
The No. 2 Life-boat Margaret was launched at 10.30 A.M. on the 7th May, signal guns havjng been fired by the "Wold Light-vessel. On reaching the Hasborough Sands the barque Sirius, of Drammen, timber laden, was found near Palling Knowl,...
Two Cobles
During a strong westerly gale and rough sea on | the 28th January two cobles were j observed in the bay, one coble towing j the other. As the weather was very : bad the Life-boat Cape of Good Hope : was launched and proceeded to the disabled...
Obituary
AMONG life-boat workers who have died since the last issue of The Life-boat ap- peared are the Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair, a vice-president of the Institu- tion, Mr. John Lewis, for thirty-two years honorary secretary at Holyhead, and...
Category: Obituaries
Keel Boats
RETURNED SAFELY At 8.45 a.m. on 3rd June, 1964, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that there was a heavy swell on the harbour bar and that four local fishing boats were still at sea. At 9 a.m. the lifeboat Mary Ann Hepworth was...
Photos
THE RNLI was the beneficiary of the 1983 Newmarket Charity Race Day on Saturday June 25 when just over £13,500 was raised for the lifeboats. Although the morning began dull and overcast, by midday the cloud had dispersed and the sun... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ferry Interesting!
British Channel Island Ferries Captain Neil Vardy (right) presents Peter Hoiness, the RNLI's corporate fund raising manager, with a cheque for £845.50 watched by Chief Purser Eddie Wilkinson.
The money was raised... - View image in PDF
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Bognor Regis Branch
Landing an lllb 9-V4OZ eel cannot be the easiest thing in the world, but 11-year-old Barry Davies (I) managed it and won £100, a fishing rod and other prizes by beating all comers at the Bognor Regis Amateur Angling Society's... - View image in PDF
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Friendly Rivalry: Kim Robertson (Right) Challenged Mick Hewitt
Friendly rivalry: Kim Robertson (right) challenged Mick Hewitt to a 100 yard electric wheelchair race along the promenade as part of Walton and Frinton's lifeboat week. The race was started by a hooter blown by Coxswain Denis Finch and... - View image in PDF
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Tynemouth Lifeboat
Tynemouth lifeboat had some special guests in October when members of the Norwegian Society of Sea Rescue (NSSRl visited the station.
The foreign visitors were given a guided tour of the station and lifeboat and enjoyed a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs