LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: FEBRUARY 1993 Geoffrey Flint, chairman of Weston-super- Mare station branch from 1976 to 1992 and chairman of the financial branch from 1971 to 1986. He was assistant treasurer for the station...
Category: Obituaries
Dr. Kenealy and Eva
DONNA NOOK, LINCOLNSHIRE.—On the 6th October the trawler Dr. Kenealy, of Hull, when about 150 miles from the Humber, found the Russian schooner Eva, of Abo, dismasted, and abandoned by her crew. She took her in tow, and two of the...
Albert's Skydive
Last August a dream came true for disabled pensioner Albert Moss when he parachuted from 13,000ft above the Yorkshire coast - boosting lifeboat coffers by £700 in the process.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
OBITUARIES
OBITUARIES IT is with deep regret that we record the following deaths: February, 1986 Denis Hapgood, who was chairman of Wadebridge branch from 1977 to 1985.
Sidney Banister, honorary treasurer of Wadebridge branch since...
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A Canoe (2)
AUG. 18TH. - HYTHE, KENT. It had been reported that a canoe was being carried away by the wind and tide, but the life-boat could find nothing, and it was learnt later that the canoe had come safely ashore.- Rewards, £23 16s.
Rescue Cruisers from Scandinavia: Sigurd Golje of Sweden (Left) and R S Platou of Norway Both Are Designed to Accompany Their Fishing Fleets to Sea
Rescue cruisers from Scandinavia: Sigurd Golje of Sweden (left) and R. S. - View image in PDF
Platou of Norway. Both are designed to accompany their fishing fleets to sea.. - View image in PDF
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(Below) the Minesweeper Hms Thrifty Tows Three Lifeboats to Dunkirk. They Are Believed to Be Southend, Walmer and Hythe. See Philip Jull's Letter 'Under Tow', Left.
(Below) The minesweeper HMS Thrifty tows three lifeboats to Dunkirk. They are believed to be Southend, Walmer and Hythe. - View image in PDF
See Philip Jull's letter 'Under Tow', left.. - View image in PDF
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A Dinghy (6)
JULY 26TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON. A dinghy had been reported missing, but could not be found. Later it was brought in by another boat. - Rewards, £7 19s..
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
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Alan Bowers
MARCH 1991 Alan Bowers, administrative officer at Port Erin lifeboat station from 1987 to February 1991 and deputy launching authority from 1971 to 1988. Mr Bowers was also chairman of the station from 1982 to 1987 and awarded a silver badge...
Category: Obituaries