LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Heart and soul
In 1946, the lifeboat station on Valentia Island reopened after more than 50 years. ‘I was just 3 years old,’ remembers Dick. ‘Sitting high on my daddy’s shoulders, the vision of the lifeboat and the knowledge that its volunteer crew were...
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(Below) Ex-Coxswain Robert 'Bobbie' Brunton Retired In 1976 After 29 Years As a Member of Tynemouth Lifeboat Crew; He Was Second Coxswain from 1953 to 1963 Coxswa
(Below) Ex-Coxswain Robert 'Bobbie' Brunton retired in 1976 after 29 years as a member of Tynemouth lifeboat crew; he was second coxswain from 1953 to 1963, coxswain from 1963 to 1976. At TynemoutH's annual Christmas dinner the... - View image in PDF
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Books
• 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...
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Lifeboats In Action
THE LIFEBOAT Mersey Class lifeboat ON 1183 Lil Cunningham Built: 1W2 Cost: C650.000 Funding: A generous gift Irom Miit Salty Cunningham of Derby in memory of her sister D class lifeboat D-485 Stafford with Rugtlty Built: 1995 Cost. ni.OOO...
Category: Services
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FOOD TO MAROONED SHEPHERDS Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—At 12.30 in the afternoon of the 28th of April, 1947, word was received from the relatives of two shepherds, marooned on Mingalay Island by the bad weather, that the men's food...
Life-Boats Arriving for International Conference
Life-Boats Arriving For International Conference. - View image in PDF
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Winch and Rescue Crew Ready for Action
Winch and rescue crew ready for action.. - View image in PDF
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Volunteer Lifeguards Dressed for Their Day Jobs
Volunteer Lifeguards Dressed For Their Day Jobs. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rescue from a Steamer In Dense Fog
AT 10.8 on the night of the 8th of March, 1957, the coastguard told the honorary secretary of the Campbeltown station, Mr. A. P. MacGrory, that the S.S. Gracehill, of Campbeltown, was ashore on Sanda island in thick fog and needed help....
Category: Services
Rewards Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution From the 1st January to the 31st December, 1857
Jan. 17,1856.—The brig Bonnie Marie, of Nantes, was observed in the night to hare a signal of distress flying. The Portmadoc life-boat, which belongs to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, manned by 12 men, put off to the vessel's...
Category: Articles