LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sarah Joan
Fishing vessel towed to safety A fishing boat, grounded on rocks and taking in water, was towed safety amid thick fog on 12 May thanks to the crew of Lerwick's relief lifeboat Fraser Flyer.
The Severn class lifeboat...
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Quick action saves life of fellow lifeboatman lost overboard It is particularly difficult for a lifeboat crew to go to the rescue of somebody that they know. It makes it even harder when the casualty is a fellow lifeboatman. The crew of...
People and Places
Listen very carefully. . . as Rene draws the lotteryGorden Kaye who stars as Rene in television's 'Allo 'Allo, drew the winning tickets of the 74th lifeboat lottery at Poole on 31 July 1996.
Brian Miles, RNLI...
Category: Articles
Girl Power
Mention the words 'Girl Power' and you probably think of the pop group, Spice Girls! So what has 'Girl Power' got to do with the RNLI? In the early days of the lifeboat service, women either helped to raise funds or to...
Category: Articles
Mrs Doris Maddrell,
October 1996 Mrs Doris Maddrell, President of Port Erin ladies lifeboat guild. Mrs Maddrell was founder member of the guild and held the offices of chairman and vice chairman between 1964 and 1992, becoming president in...
Category: Obituaries
Salty sea dog
13 October 2011: Mallaig lifeboat crew rescued a family of four people and two dogs from a tidal island, after their dinghy had drifted away. One four-legged family member really enjoyed his trip on the Severn’s...
Category: Articles
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Tenby, Pembrokeshire - At 7.48 p.m. on nth October, 1966, a young army officer was reported to have fallen over the cliff at Old Castle Head and a team of men with ropes had been sent to try to reach him from the top of the...
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Want to know even more about lifeboats, lifeboat history, lifeboat stations and sea rescue? Then look no further than Lifeboats Past & Present, the magazine published three times a year by the Lifeboat...
Category: Articles
a Summer Afternoon Strawberry Tea at the Home of Mrs Doreen Beste Honorary Treasurer of Coventry Ladies' Guild Raised £100
A summer afternoon strawberry tea at the home of Mrs Doreen Beste, honorary treasurer of Coventry ladies' guild, raised £100.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Beaumaris
Beaumaris, October 18, 1986: within hours of her official handing over and dedication ceremony the new Atlantic 21 lifeboat at Beaumaris was called out on service. The lifeboat was provided by the BBC television programme Blue Peter whose... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs