LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Devonbrook
SICK MAN TAKEN OFF MOTOR VESSEL Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.45 early on the morning of the 2nd January, 1962, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that he had received a message from the motor vessel Devonbrook of London, which was...
Blakeney Dawn
TOW FOR MOTOR CRUISER FOUND BY LIGHTVESSEL The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 10.5 on the night of the 12th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen about six miles east-south-east of the Scar...
Ulster Queen
FEBRUARY 28TH. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. At 4.30 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the motor vessel Ulster Queen, of Belfast, with about 120 passengers and crew on board, had gone ashore at Maughold Head. A light, freshening,...
Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Johnson of Troon
Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Johnson of Troon first joined the lifeboat crew in 1965. He was the boat mechanic from 1970 to 1971, when he became a fleet mechanic until 1976.
In 1978 he was appointed coxswain/mechanic at... - View image in PDF
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Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 2 November 1993 show that so far during 1993: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 3,896 times (an average of 7 launches a day) 879 lives have been saved (an average of nearly 3 a day) More...
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Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 20 May 1994 show that so far during 1994: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 446 times (an average of 3 launches a day) 146 lives were saved (an average of one a day) Some 11 % of all...
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Just Because a Lifeboat Has Not Reached Her New Home
Just because a lifeboat has not reached her new home and been officially put on station does not stop her being a lifeboat, as these two photographs show.
The Severn class allocated to Harwich on the east coast was taking... - View image in PDF
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News
Your guide to what’s been going on in the world of the RNLI
SAVE THE DATE: AGM 2019
Our annual general meeting (AGM) will be held at Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in London on Thursday 25 July. It’s open to...
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Ethel Edith
On the morning of the 18th February a message was received from the King's Harbour Master that Yealm coastguard had reported that a vessel, apparently flying distress signals, was anchored about three miles south-west of Mew- stone. A...
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Thanks on Vellum for Scarborough service A service on 12 August 1994 by Scarborough's Mersey class Fanny Victoria Wilkinson and Frank Stubbs, which was reported in the Autumn issue of THE LIFEBOAT, has led to Coxswain Richard Constantine...