LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Joel Grunnill (R)
Joel Grunnill (r.) retired as second coxswain of Skegness lifeboat in October after 45 years of service with the station. Among other presentations, he received a statuette of the famous Skegness Jolly Fisherman, a local honour only accorded... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dalton and Waterloo Branch
Waterloo station, of a sort. Dalton and Waterloo branch, newly formed, took advantage of the fact that one of their members. Mr M.
Hollyhead, is secretarv of the Huddersfie/d Society of Model Engineers. Last summer, in the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hastings' 37Ft Oakley
Hastings' 37ft Oakley class lifeboat Fairlight, with Coxswain Frederick White at the helm, tows the Dutch yacht Octopus towards Rye Harbour during a force 6 south-south-easterly gale and in rough seas on July 19, 1987. Rye Harbour's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Marigold
All hands to the pumps On the night of 22 June 1988 the fishing vessel Marigold tan on to rocks at Polkirt beach, 500 yards from Mevagissey Harbour and was badly holed. An overnight operation by a local boatbuilder, the coastguards and fire...
Barrus
Barrus has supplied Mariner outboard engines to the RNLI for over twenty years and also leads the field in the distribution of high quality engine powered products within the Farm and Garden, Industrial and marine markets, through selected...
Category: Advertisement
New director
James Vaughan is the RNLI’s new Corporate Services Director, taking over from Ian Ventham who retired in August after 18 years with the charity. Promoted internally from Head of Fundraising and Communications Services, James is now...
Category: Articles
Fifty Medals for Gallantry (14)
On the 16th December, 1939, the Torbay life-boat rescued the crew of seven of the motor schooner Henrietta, of Truro.
COXSWAIN WILLIAM H. H. MOGRIDGE was awarded a clasp to his silver medal.
SECOND...
Category: Articles
Meet Lifeboat Larry
Meet Lifeboat Larry—or at least one of him. - View image in PDF
Mr Jewers of Winterbourne Down, Bristol, makes rocking horses like this for voting children and to dale has bv selling them made a remarkable £500 for the RNLI.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Sea-plane (1)
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, and St.
Helier, Jersey.—12th January, 1938. A sea-plane had been seen flying very low, and it was feared that she had come down in the sea, but nothing could be found. The search was made by the St...
Margaret
HAD ENGINE FAILURE At 8.20 p.m. on 22nd September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen three miles north-east of Gregness coastguard look-out station. It was one hour before low water with a...