LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
M.B.E. for Isle of Wight Secretary
CAPTAIN A. G. COLE, R.N.R., honorary secretary of the Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, life-boat station from 1934 to 1952, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours List of 1953.He was awarded the...
Category: Awards
Nostalgia Direct
THE GIFT OF MUSIC - ORDER FROM YOUR LIVING R Your Favourite Hymns 38 inspiring and uplifting hymns beautifully sung 4 by The Jubilee Choir on this exclusive collection ' The Lord's My Shepherd • Count Your Blessings • Bless This...
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Your shout
My husband and I were on Newgale Beach, Pembrokeshire, on Tuesday 17 July.
We climbed to the top of the shingle bank and saw two surfers in trouble. Along with others, we stood watching the absolutely heroic...
Category: Articles
"God Help the Poor Fellows at Sea!"
FAR away inland, when tempests blow Wild through the dark'ning night, We list to the roar of the winds as they go, On their hurricane steeds to the fight; For the hosts of the Storm-King are gathering fast Where the white-crested waters...
Category: Poetry
Duke of Northumberland's Prize Life-Boat Essay Competition
IT is very pleasant to be able to record that this Competition is growing both in popularity and in the extent to which schools in every part of Great Britain are taking part in it. Unfortunately, owing to the political situation, the...
Category: Articles
Success, Gem, Provider A and Lead Us.
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 8th of March, 1951, four fishing vessels were at sea in a strong easterly gale with a heavy ground swell, and anxiety was felt for their safety.
Accordingly, at 8.15 the No. 1...
At the Sharp End
• Wo matter how experienced and well prepared you are every small-boat sailor knows that problems can still arise seemingly out of the blue. This was some consolation to the RNLI's own Chief of Operations during the Round the Island Race...
Category: Services
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Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 1st of May, 1955, the life-boat coxswain noticed that a racing yacht appeared to be in diffi- culties in Friar's Bay and was making heavy weather. He kept her under observation, and at...
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Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. At 3.22 on the afternoon of the 16th August, 1961, the police informed the honorary secretary that a girl who had been bathing off Inverallochy sands had been swept out to sea and was in difficulties.
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