LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
James Paton,
March 1988 James Paton, coxswain of Montrose lifeboat from 1955 until his retirement in 1980. He joined the crew in 1946 and was bowman from 1946 to 1953, becoming second coxswain in 1953 until his appointment as coxswain. In 1972 he was...
Category: Obituaries
Edward R Coker,
March Edward R Coker, president of Didsbury branch. Mr Coker was a founder member of the branch in 1964 and held office as chairman until 1967 and president from 1967 until his death. He was awarded the silver badge in 1983 and the gold...
Category: Obituaries
High Seas...
More views of RNLI lifeboat stations from the air.Hunting Aerofilms is offering copies of these photographs at well below normal rates - and donating 25% of the print price to the RNLI.
Prices 8in by Sin - £13.00, 10in...
Category: Articles
Mr John Malcolm Freswick (Jackie) Groat Mbe Jp Dl
August 1998 Mr John Malcolm Freswick (Jackie) Groat MBE JP DL Longhope president and exhonorary secretary. Jackie was appointed secretary in 1962 a position he was to hold for 33 years. He was awarded the the MBE in 1985, the Gold badge in...
Category: Obituaries
Royal Bank of Scotland
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Category: Advertisement
A Boat
Seasick baby Donaghadee lifeboat's open day was interrupted this summer by an unusual emergency. The lifeboat took a paramedic and a doctor to assist a baby who was suffering from severe seasickness. The mother and baby were taken tack...
Full Swing
Enthusiastic golfers in Wales raised £2,500 towards an inshore lifeboat at Flint.
Heavy showers were not enough to dampen the spirits of the 20 teams competing at Northop country park. The whole event, organised by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Vessel (6)
OCT. 23RD. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A message had been received that a vessel had been torpedoed, and the explosions had been heard, but nothing could be found, and it was assumed that the wrecked vessel’s crew had been...
A Greek Steamer
Nov. 4TH. - DOVER, KENT. A Greek steamer was reported to be in distress through enemy action and the life-boat put out with a naval officer on board. She was recalled, however, when she had entered the danger area. She had seen nothing of...
Santa Gata and Norwegian Tanker Realf
DEC. 1ST. - CROMER, NORFOLK, AND THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. Shortly after 7 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel standing by two and a half miles north of the life-boat station wished to land a rescued crew. A westerly...