LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Douglas, Isle of Man. At 9.25 p.m.
on loth May, 1965, the police informed the honorary secretary that a young boy had fallen over the cliffs near the lower field of Ballavarane Farm, Lonan. The cliffs at that point are...
Esso London
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 1.35 p.m. on I5th December, 1965, a doctor informed the honorary secretary that there was a sick man on board the tanker Esso London and asked if the life-boat would convey a doctor to the ship, which was heading...
Rohilla Memorial Service
Whitby On October 30, 1974, a memorial service was held at Whitby to commemorate the sinking of the hospital ship Rohilla, which ran on to a dangerous reef of rocks at Saltwick Nab, near Whitby, in 1914. Whitby No. 2 lifeboat saved 35 people...
Category: Articles
Eight In a Row
Eight in a row Last year 33 members of Wallingford Rowing Club sculled their way down the Thames from Oxford to Wallingf ord to raise money, both for new equipment and for the RNLI. Later, as the picture shows, an 'eight' from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Letters
Augustine Courtauld Can we please hear a bit more about 'the well known explorer' Augustine Courtauld, after whom the new Poole lifeboat has been named?—N. L.
STEWART, LIEUT.-CDR., RN, at RAF Staff College,...
Category: Correspondence
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At 8.35 P.M.
on the 18th February, information was received from the Coastguard that rocket signals had been seen between Pepper- combe and Clovelly, but that nothing further was known. The motor Life- boat V.C.S. was...
Emily, of Ballycotton
APRIL 2 6TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. At 6.15 in the evening a message was received that the fishing boat Emily, of Ballycotton, returning from Youghal fishing grounds, was drifting out to sea and flying a signal of distress, about 5 miles...
An Adventurous Life
Man the Hopes (Hodder and Stoughton, 12s. (Jd.) is the autobiography of Mr.
Augustine Courtauld, a Vice-President and a member of the Committee of Management. It tells the story of an engrossing and adventurous life: of his...
Category: Articles
Helmsman Frank Dunster
Helmsman Frank Dunster of Hayling Island was prevented by illness from attending the RNLI's annual presentation of awards meeting in London last May to receive the bar to his bronze medal; it was awarded to him for his part in the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Teal , Tinker
Fleetwood and Barrow, Lancashire - At 5.20 p.m. on i3th August, 1966, the coastguard informed the Fleetwood honorary secretary that a mayday call had been heard from a vessel south west of Lune buoy. This followed a report from Barrow that...