LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lymington: An Information Case Has Recently Been Put on the Side of the New Ilb House a Solidly Built Metal Structure With Three Opening Glazed Doors It Was Designe
Lymington: An information case has recently been put on the side of the new ILB house. A solidly built metal structure with three opening glazed doors, it was designed, constructed and erected by local 'friends of the lifeboat'. It... - View image in PDF
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Joan
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 9th November, 1937, news was received that a motor boat was in difficulties about seven miles south of Lowestoft. The crew of the motor life-boat Agnes Cross were assembled, but the coastguard...
The S.S. Gairsoppa
MARCH 1ST. - THE LIZARD, CORNWALL.
The S.S. Gairsoppa, of Glasgow, 5,000 tons, with a crew of thirty, had been torpedoed and had sunk. At 10.30 A.M. the life-boat motor-mechanic saw a small boat with survivors on board. A...
Cairnduna
In the forenoon of the 9th March, the schooner Cairnduna, of Thurso, bound from Dundee to Sunder- land, was driven ashore on the strand below Bamborough Castle, about five miles from the Life-boat Station at North Sim- derland. The Life-boat...
Nine Stations Completed 150 Years Service In 1975 and Were Presented With Anniversary Vellums: Appledore Courtmacsherry Cromer Dun Laoghaire Hartlepool Howth
Nine stations completed 150 years service in 1975 and were presented with anniversary vellums: Appledore, Courtmacsherry, Cromer, Dun Laoghaire, Hartlepool, Howth, Newcastle Co. Down, Padstow and Skegness.
(Right) At Dun... - View image in PDF
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Guernsey's Big Day
The new 52-foot life-boat Arun sailing into St. Peter Port Harbour, Guernsey, on 15th October, 1972, for the dedication ceremony and (below) Mr. William T. Bishop, C.B.E., a member of the R.N.L.I. Committee of Management, addressing the... - View image in PDF
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Swanage, Dorset - At 3.48 p.m. on 29th March, 1969, the coastguardreported that two girls were cut off by the tide below Old Harry rocks.
The life-boat Rosa Wood and Phyllis Lunn, on temporary duty at the station, was...
September
Launches 31 Lives rescued 13 SEPTEMBER 1ST. -
COURTMACSHERRY, CO. CORK. At 10.20 at night a fisherman returned from trawling and reported that a lobster boat appeared to be in distress near How Strand, to the east of...
Category: Services
Appledore Ladies' Guild
Appledore ladies' guild celebrated 50 years of service in 1982. The guild was formed in 1931 and the photograph on the left was taken of the committee members in 1932. Haifa century on and (below left) are the members of the presentday... - View image in PDF
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Pool In the Pool! Competitors
Pool in the pool! Competitors cued up in sub aqua equipment to take the plunge after two full-size tables were lowered into Crosby swimming pool. Spectators watched through special viewing holes below the waterline and many joined in the fun... - View image in PDF
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