LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Big Cheque from a Small Town
Committee members from llminster and district branch presented a cheque for £28,720 to Brian Martin, RNLI area organiser for the south west, during their AGM in April.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rothie May
MARGATE, KENT.—During a strong E.N.E. gale and heavy sea on the 4th March signals were reported about 7.15 P.M. Owing to the exceptionally low tide it was only after great difficulty the No. 1 Life-boat Eliza Harriett was launched, and...
Mr. W. J. Oliver, Honorary Secretary of the Sunderland Branch
Mr. W. J. Oliver, who died on 4th March, had been Honorary Secretary of the Sunderland Branch for twenty-five years, and for nearly fifty years had been actively connected with the work of saving life from shipwreck. When he was appointed in...
Category: Obituaries
The Wreck Register and Chart for 1862
IN accordance with our annual custom for many years past, we again present our readers with a synopsis of the returns just made by the Board of Trade to Parliament, of the wrecks and casualties which have taken place on the coasts, and in...
Category: Articles
Services by Shore-boats
Thirteen Medals for Gallantry RHOSNEIGIR, ANGLESEY On the 28th August, 1941, determined efforts were made to rescue the crew of a British aeroplane which had crashed in the sea.
MR. DERRICK H. BAYNHAM was awarded the silver...
Category: Services
A Group of 8- to 13-Year-Old Children Living In the Llandegai Area of North Wales Planned and Ran a Mini-Fete In Dr and Mrs Tideman S Garden Last September Raising £52 F
A group of 8- to 13-year-old children living in the Llandegai area of North Wales planned and ran a mini-fete in Dr and Mrs Tideman s garden last September, raising £52 for the lifeboat service. In the photograph are Heather, Susy and... - View image in PDF
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Mike Eacott Licensee of the Crown Hotel North Scale Barrow-In-Furness His Barmaid and 12 'Regulars' Determined to Do Something Special for Barrow Lifeboat Took Lessons In Parachute Jumpi
Mike Eacott, licensee of the Crown Hotel, North Scale, Barrow-in-Furness, his barmaid and 12 'regulars', determined to do something special for Barrow lifeboat, took lessons in parachute jumping, then raised £1,800 in... - View image in PDF
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A Dramatic View of Three Sisters Seconds Before She Sank. Crew Member Frank Home's White Helmet Can Be See In the Centre of the Group In the Sea As the Navy Inflatable Closes I
A dramatic view of Three Sisters seconds before she sank. Crew member Frank Home's white helmet can be see in the centre of the group in the sea as the Navy inflatable closes in to pick them up. Photo RAF Valley. - View image in PDF
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Garth Inn at Helensburgh
It was more a case of Bells than shackles away at the Garth Inn at Helensburgh when Helmsmen Colin Gardner (I) and Michael Roberts whacked the bottle with their trusty hammers.
Giving them a helping hand is John Beaton,... - View image in PDF
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The French Lugger Cyrano
On the 12th November the French lugger ! Cyrano, of Brest, stranded about two miles off Mellish during a whole N.E.
gale and very heavy sea. In response to her signals of distress the crew of the \ Motor ...