LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Catherine Latham and Sir Robert
On. the 16th October another gale was experienced, and at 2.30 P.M. signals of distress were shown by the schooners Catherine Latham and Sir Robert, which were anchored in Moelfre Bay. Their crews, numbering in all seven men, were taken into...
A Steamer (8)
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, and Don- aghadee, Co. Down.—25th February.
A steamer stranded, but of the people on board some were taken off by another vessel and others reached the shore over the rocks.—Rewards, Port- patrick,...
A Motor Boat (2)
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 10th of June, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that a small motor boat off Leysdown, with Sea Cadets on board, had broken down..
An Aircraft
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—22nd September, 1938. The police reported that an aircraft had come down in the sea.
The life-boat found an oil patch and dragged with grappling irons for a sunken aeroplane, but could find...
Frank and Rose
Frank and Rose Ide at Poole lifeboat station with their two younger sons, John (r), on leave from the Navy after serving with the South Atlantic Task Force in HMS Glamorgan, and Bob (I), member of Poole lifeboat crew. Frank and Rose's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboats from Sweden and Norway
Lifeboats from Sweden and Norway visited Poole in May on their way to the 15th International Lifeboat Conference at La Coruna, Spain (a full report of which will appear in the Autumn journal). Pictured (left) are Norway's Skomvaer III,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
International Yacht Paints
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Category: Advertisement
Dr Muriel Mclean
Dr Muriel McLean, a founder member of Croydon branch (set up in 1960) and an active committee member. At the age of 87 Dr McLean was still organising the branch's flag week and indeed stood on the streets collecting money...
Category: Obituaries
20,000 Into 60
The photograph shows Mary selling her 20,000th raffle ticket to Stan Burgess, chairman of Padstow branch committee.
In the background are Mrs Joan Lowe and Mrs Jackie Burgess, respectively chairman and secretary of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
D Class
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Peterborough Beer Festival 'It's a well-chosen boat for the area, with people getting cut off by the tide on the offshore rocks.'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs