LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Howth, Co. Dublin. At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 5th of March, 1959, the Baily lighthouse keeper informed the honorary secretary that a doctor was needed to attend a woman ex- pecting a baby on Lambay Island.
The weather...
An Auster Aircraft (1)
Dungeness, and Dover, Kent ; Hast- ings and Eastbourne, Sussex. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 7th of February, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary at Eastbourne that an Auster aircraft was missing on a flight from Lympne...
First Life-Boat to Be Fitted With V.H.F. Radio Telephone
The Cromer mechanic tests it. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Map Showing Air Stations Engaged In Search and Rescue Work
This map is reproduced by courtesy of the Air Ministry..
Category: Charts
A Hunter Aircraft (1)
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 5.48 on the 7th of November, 1957, the coast- guard reported that a Hunter aircraft had crashed into the sea and that the pilot had baled out ten miles north of Lundy. The life-boat Henry Comber Brown was launched at...
Tadpole
Walmer, Kent. At 1.15 on the after- noon of the 3rd September, 1961, the coastguard passed on to the honorarysecretary a report that a sailing yacht with a number of people on board was aground on the rocks near the Royal Marines rifle range...
Vert Rouwen
TWO LIFE-BOATS PUT OUT TO BELGIAN TRAWLER On the llth January, 1962, the Margate and Ramsgate life-boats put out to the help of the Belgian trawler Vert Rouwen, which had lost both her anchors in a gale. A full account of this service...
Howth - Arun Class Hibernia
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland, Mr Charles Haughey (right) with Mrs Maureen Haughey and RNLI Chairman Mr Michael Vernon at the naming ceremony of the Arun class lifeboat Hibernia at Howth.
(Photo Paddy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ahoy There!
Ahoy there! Donning their souwesters the Ashley and Loggerheads ladies' guild, a small hard working guild covering two small villages in Staffordshire, look part in the local festival by entering a float in the carnival parade. The guild... - View image in PDF
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Rnli President Goes to Sea on His Namesake
The Duke of Kent (centre) watches as the Rother class Duke of Kent is brought ashore after his trip in fresh conditions. He was accompanied by the RNLI's director, Lt Cdr Brian Miles (centre left) and the chief of operations Capt George... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs