LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Bridlington, Yorkshire, Irb Assisting a Small Motor Boat In the Surf Off the South Beach on 21st June, 1970.
The Bridlington, Yorkshire, IRB assisting a small motor boat in the surf off the south beach on 21st June, 1970. The boat's engine had broken down.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Launch Out
The motor fishing boat Launch Out left harbour on the morning of the 10th April to haul lines. The weather was bad, and as it gradually got worse, with very heavy seas off the pier, the coxswain decided to launch the motor life-boat...
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society
THE Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting of this excellent Institution, established for the purpose of relieving, by food, clothes, and money, shipwrecked sailors of all nations cast upon the coasts of the United Kingdom, was held last summer at the...
Category: Meetings
The First Lifeboat Saturday Showing the Southport Lifeboat Mary Anna In Albert Square Manchester
The first Lifeboat Saturday, showing the Southport lifeboat Mary Anna in Albert Square Manchester. The two lifeboatmen standing in the boat to the left of the carriage wheel are John Jackson and Henry Robinson - the two crew members who... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Princess Alexandra Meets the Margate Lifeboat Crew In the Company of the Chairman Michael Vernon.
Princess Alexandra meets the Margate lifeboat crew in the company of the Chairman Michael Vernon. A proud day for all concerned - especially as the Princess had been prevented from naming the Margate lifeboat on a previous occasion planned... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gavotte II, of Portsmouth
Salcombe, Devon - At 1.50 p.m. on 14th July, 1968, the motor mechanic was informed that a yacht had capsized on the harbour bar. The lifeboat The Baltic Exchange slipped her moorings at 1.57 in a strong west south westerly wind and a...
Contents
News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI Why YOU should go Offshore Mike Floyd on why everyone who uses the sea should become an Offshore member - the latest membership grade At the Sharp End Lifeboat services which resulted in...
Category: Contents
Winner of the Silver Medal: Mr. K. Derham In His Dinghy
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Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats In December, 1948 and January and February, 1949. 164 Lives Rescued
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Category: Services
Books
• Storms brought devastation to Margate during the winter of 1978, destroying its pier and wrecking the lifeboat station. However, as a result of the research which followed to replace the lost service boards of Margate's lifeboats,...
Category: Articles