LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Boat (4)
JUNE 12TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A small boat had capsized, but a motor boat rescued the crew. A donation and a letter of thanks were received in gratitude for the launching of the life-boat.-Rewards, £2 16s..
Lynx
JULY 16TH. - STROMNESS, ORKNEY.
At about 6.10 P.M. a message was received from the Broughness coastguard that distress signals had been heard in the Pentland Firth.
This was confirmed by a wireless message...
A Motor Yacht
JULY 3RD. - TORBAY, DEVON. A small motor yacht had caught fire, but another yacht rescued the only person on board. A donation was received in gratitude for the launching of the life-boat.-Rewards, £2 16s..
Joe Adams,
July Joe Adams, honorary life governor since 1993. Mr Adams served the Hastings lifeboat station from 1956 to 1993 in various capacities, including, honorary secretary, joint honorary secretary, deputy launching authority and chairman. He...
Category: Obituaries
Thomas S Wylie,
Thomas S WyPlie, former chairman of the Troon station branch.
Tom was also secretary of the Dunoon branch for many years and was awarded the gold badge m 1991..
Category: Obituaries
Ken and Mary at Portrush
The D class lifeboat is named in memory of Ken and Mary Stansfield and was handed over by their grandson Toby Stansfield.
Also present were the Stansfield's two sons, who had flown in from Dorset and Maryland, USA, to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Don't Get Carried Away
Mablethorpe Crew Member Claire MacDonald recommends: 'Please take care with inflatables - the majority of our shouts are for dinghies and rubber rings. Take notice of any warning signs and be aware that offshore winds can take... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
by Richard Price The first Trent class to go on service, 14-01 Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma, pictured during her crew training course shortly before leaving for her station. She is exercising a high wire stretcher transfer with a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pulling Together
The Jersey and Guernsey crews came together again to present the cheque to Jurat Dave Lowe who was standing in for the appeal chairman Jurat Len Moss. - View image in PDF
Photo Brian Green. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Right) a Fairly Complicated Kit
(Right) A fairly complicated kit - a dismantled outboard powerhead shows how the engines are inversion proofed at the Centre.
(Below) Putting a brave face on it. James Magness from Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire gets the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs