LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Aldeburgh Appeal to Fund a 37Ft 6in Rother
Aldeburgh appeal to fund a 37ft 6in Rather class lifeboat was launched two years ago by the then Mayor, Councillor J. M. Studd. On May 15 this year Aldeburgh's present Mayor, Mrs Barbara Brook presented to Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Motor Yacht (1)
Long tow in difficult conditions for Skegness and Humber lifeboats Skegness and Humber lifeboats were both involved in a long service when conditions became too severe for a classic, 1920s-built motor yacht on a delivery passage from Great...
Bournemouth Gilbert and Sullivan Accompanist Mrs Jean Hancock
Music to the RNLI's ears! Bournemouth Gilbert and Sullivan accompanist Mrs Jean Hancock tries to find the tune on a £500 cheque presented by the society's chairman Mr Gilbert Clayton to Mr Doug Reeves, honorary secretary of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lucky escape
LOCH NESS | 23 MAY
When kayaker Steve McQueen capsized in Loch Ness he was so paralysed by its cold water that he couldn’t swim the 15m to shore. Luckily, his friend made it back afloat and raised the...
Category: Articles
Bookshelf
Lifeboat station histories On A Wave and A Prayer A History of the Youghal Lifeboat Station by Brendan O'Driscoll published by the author at CIR9.50 The port of Youghal (pronounced 'Yawl') on Ireland's beautiful southern...
Category: Articles
'A fantastic legacy'
A new building, 150 years of lifesaving and the naming of a lifeboat: all historic milestones celebrated at Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Station, Gwynedd, in the Autumn.
BBC Broadcaster David Dimbleby was guest of honour at the...
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Listings
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0 A new base for Scotland The new combined Scotland divisional base and regional office was officially opened on 7 March 2002 by HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI. The move was planned some two years ago when...
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Mayflower
When the mail steamer Isle of Sark arrived from Jersey on the morning of the 9th January, the captain reported to the harbour master that a small steamer appeared to be in difficulties about three miles S.W. of Sark. He had seen large...
Louisa
^Walton and Frinton's lifeboat in action on a irvice to another yacht on 21 October 1990 sands to the south of the service on the i page.
The lifeboat had been launched at 0413 to i the Sheerness lifeboat, a helicopter...
B.D.26
Clovelly, Devon. At 6.30 on the morning of the 8th August, 1961, a local fisherman called attention to the fact that a small motor boat, which had left the harbour on a routine visit to visit lobster pots, was no longer in sight. A...