LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rescue by Yorkshire Fishermen
Two Redcar fishermen, Mr. Cecil Picknett and Mr. Frederick Stamp, have received framed letters of appreciation signed by the Chairman of the R.N.L.I.
for rescuing two people after a coble had capsized on 8th December, 1969....
Category: Articles
A Yacht (2)
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 27th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a yacht had capsized in Lligwy Bay. At 12.25 the life-boat Watkin Williams was launched. It was high water and there was a rough...
Puffin
BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—At 8.30 P.M., on the 13th August, the Albert Victor Lifeboat put off to the assistance of the yacht Puffin, of Berwick, which was brought up in a dangerous position off Spittal Beach. The owner and crew of the yacht having...
Hong Kong Branch
To mark the First Year of operations of the new Penlee Arun'Class Lifeboat, the R.N.LB.
Mabel Alice and the Hong Kong Branch of the R.N.L.I,the Branch has produced a Limited-Edition Print as shown.
The...
Category: Advertisement
H.M. Drifter Golden News
FEBRUARY 9TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 8.45 A.M. the naval base reported a vessel in difficulties off the harbour entrance.
The weather was foggy, with a light northerly wind, and the sea was calm. At 9...
Walter Cox
No 40, Nelson Road, Wimbledon, has become a mecca for model railway enthusiasts from all over England when Walter Cox opens his garden to the public for one day each summer to show off his OO gauge model railway in aid of the RNLI. The Mayor... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Squibbs
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford - While the reserve life-boat H. F. Bailey was on passage from Arklow to Rosslare harbour on 3ist May, 1966, she came up with a small yacht which was becalmed with her engine broken down, south of Cahore Point....
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Longhope, Orkney - At 1.45 p.m.
on ist November, 1966 the honorary secretary received from the local doctor an urgent request for the services of the life-boat to convey a very seriously ill patient to Balfour hospital,...
Volunteer spirit
Bradford isn’t necessarily the first place that springs to mind when you think about RNLI fundraising volunteers but this land-locked community has been helping to save lives at sea for over 150 years.
RNLI Bradford and...
Category: Articles
Fanny
FISHGUARD, SOUTH WALES.—A small sloop, which proved to be the Fanny, of Fishguard, was observed at 1 P.M. on the 30th September to be showing a signal of distress while at anchor, about a mileto the N.W. of Dinas Head. The -wind •was blowing...