LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Towing In!
L to R: Barry Knaggs, Mark Reeves, Skipper Michael Picknett and Andy Beevis tow the stricken yacht to safety. (Redcar Crew Member Cordon Young. en-Redcar and Seahouses Crew Member Michael Hoyle, and Dave Bond of Cleveland Fire Brigade also... - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Yewmount
On 6th December the s.s. Yewmount, of Glasgow, struck some submerged ob- struction off the Longstone Light House, while bound from Methil to Treport, with coal. The master made for the coast and ran her ashore in Alnmouth Bay. Information...
President Visits Scottish Stations
During his visit to Longhope HRH The Duke of Kent met James Adams who retired that week after 28 years service aboard the station's lifeboats.. - View image in PDF
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On the Left Are Two of the Three Stamps Issued In 1963 to Mark the Holding of the Ninth International Life-Boat Conference In Edinburgh on the Right Are Two Stamps from The
On the left are two of the three stamps issued in 1963 to mark the holding of the Ninth International Life-boat Conference in Edinburgh. - View image in PDF
On the right are two stamps from the Netherlands with life-boat themes.. - View image in PDF
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and the Sponsorship:
. . . and the sponsorship: Stephen Treadaway presents to Lionel Sharp, Faringdon branch secretary, the £220 which he raised by running in the Swindon Marathon. With them is Stephen's father, George, who in six years has raised over... - View image in PDF
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Danube
BROADSTAIRS.—At 4.45 A.M. on the 29th May, the Life-boat Francet Forbes Barton was launched and proceeded to the brig Danube, of Whitby, coal laden from Shields for Dover, which was stranded on the N. Goodwin Sands. A N.N.W. wind was blowing...
(Below) Once a Week (Whenever the Weather Allows) Mrs Joan Bagley Honorary Secretary of Totnes Branch Sets Up Shop In the Private Forecourt of Kingsbridge Inn With T
(Below) Once a week (whenever the weather allows) Mrs Joan Bagley, honorary secretary of Totnes branch, sets up shop in the private forecourt of Kingsbridge Inn, with the kind permission of the owner Philip Potter, or at the town summer... - View image in PDF
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Va-Sans-Peur
Barmouth, Merionethshire.—At 6.30 in the morning of the 25th of March, 1948, information was received from Dyffryn that two men had landed in a dinghy from the French fishing vessel Va-Sans-Peur, of Concarneau, bound for Liverpool, and had...
A Yacht
Severe Weather Hits Yacht Blyth's all-weather lifeboat, one of the victims of the hoax call on the previous page, is pictured towing a yacht to safety on 17 October last year after she had fallen foul of suddenly deteriorating weather....
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Fowey, Cornwall.—About 4.15 in the afternoon of the 7th of August, 1948, news was received that a woman had fallen over the cliffs near Gribben Head, and the motor life-boat C.D.E.C., with a small boat in tow, was launched at 4.35. A strong...