LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Fish Steamer Fulmar
On the morniag of the 16th February the fish-steamer Fulmar, of Wexford, was observed ashore on the Dogger Bank.
The wind was moderate, but the sea was rough, due to the strong S.S.W.
gale of the previous...
The Thistle and Mizpah
Two fish- ing-boats named the Thistle and Mizpah were overtaken when at sea on the 3rd May by a strong gale from S.S.E.
As considerable anxiety was felt for their safety the No. 1 Life-boat Sarah Jane Turner was launched....
Plucked from the sea
FRASERBURGH | 9 JULY
Two children were saved from the North Sea after being swept out 250m from the shoreline. The boy and girl, aged 12 and 13, were being battered by waves and were in danger of drowning. Quickly on scene, the...
Category: Articles
The Lifeboat Fleet
Station Aberdeen Aberdovey Abersoch Aberystwyth Aith Aldeburgh Alderney Amble Amble Angle Anstruther Appledore Arbroath Arbroath Arklow Arran Arranmore Atlantic College Ballycotton Ballyglass Baltimore Bangor Barmouth Barra Island Barrow...
Category: Articles
The Cooperative Bank
The COOPERATIVE BANK A Loan from I **•/ is as near as your phone o APR Specially negotiated rates for RNLI members Borrow any amount between £500-£15,000 Funds transferred directly to your bank account Monthly repayment LOAN £...
Category: Advertisement
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain John Tallon of Clogher Head. He was appointed bowman in 1933, became second coxswain in 1938 and has been coxswain since 1946. During his service as a boat's officer Clogher Head life- boats...
Category: Articles
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Unveiling the Statue to the Longhope Life-Boatmen at Osmondwall Cemetery, Orkney, on 9Th August, 1970.
A memorial to the crew of the Longhope, Orkney, life-boat who lost their lives on the night of 17th March, 1969, when their boat capsized in severe weather conditions, was unveiled in Osmondwall cemetery by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Admiralty Tanker Wave Victor (2)
Ilfracombe, and Appledore, Devon; and Minehead, Somerset.—At 5.24 on the afternoon of the 17th of January, 1954, the Admiralty tanker Wave Victor, which had fifty-five people on board, wirelessed that fire had broken out in her engine-room...
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
THE MEDAL R0YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, " L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National...
Category: Medals
Services of the Life-Boats In March, April, May and June, 1953. 64 Lives Rescued
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Category: Services