LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Clogher Head

HOLLYWOOD COMES TO CLOGHER HEAD

Volunteers at Clogher Head Lifeboat Station were overwhelmed by local support for a fundraising event in aid of the station’s Shannon class lifeboat appeal....

PUMP FLOATED ACROSS TO LEAKING CASUALTY IN STORM FORCE WINDS Five saved in 12-hour service to sinking trawler Number North Division Number's Arun class Kenneth Thelwall was away from her station for 12 hours in winds up to Force 10 when...

THE ONLY LIFEBOATMAN AT PRESENT SERVING TO HAVE BEEN AWARDED THREE SILVER MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY by Joan Davies 'Grandfather . . . he was coxswain before Dad; and my Uncle Jim and Dad were both in the lifeboat with...

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SAVE THE DATE: AGM 2019

Our annual general meeting (AGM) will be held at Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in London on Thursday 25 July. It’s open to...

Southwold and Dunwich ; Yarmouth, Isle of Wight; Great Yarmouth and Gorlcston ; Montrose.

DURING the past summer the Inaugural Ceremonies of five Motor Life-boats have taken place. The first of these, the inauguration of...

FROM ist July to 3Oth September, 1964, inshore rescue boats were launched on service 141 times. On 24 occasions described in chronological order below they were able to rescue people in difficulties.

Southwold, Suffolk. At...

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...

• John Kennedy served as honorary secretary at the Lytham lifeboat station from 1951 to 1976 and from this position he was able to observe every facet of the life of the station. He has now put pen to paper and the result is one of the most...