LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
List of Launches
Station-by-station lifeboat launches for March, April and May 1999 Aberdeen Arun: Mar f and 29 D Class: Mar 6. Apr 4. 18 and May 22 Aberdovcy Atlantic 21: Apr 23. 30. Ma II and 21 Abersoch Atlantic 21-.Apr 13 Aith Severn: Apr 3 and 27...
Category: Services
Tenby Lifeboat House from Page 47
from page 47 parts of the old rotten timber beams was then begun.
Access bridge At the same time the old access bridge was removed, so that for a short time Tenby lifeboat house became an island. The new access bridge spans...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services March April and May 1987
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: April 17 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic2l: April 19 (twice), 20 and May 17 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic21: April 19, May 20 and 24 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class inflatable: April 26 and May 30 Aith, Shetland 52ft...
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Gallantry at 67
Coxswain James Watkins of Angle, Pembrokeshire, who won the bronze medal for gallantry fifteen years ago, has now won the silver medal for rescuing six of the crew of a small motor ship which had turned turtle in a gale. Some of the men were...
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M.V. Lovat
MV Lovat sinks ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1975, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Penlee lifeboat at 0637 that MV Lovat had broadcast a mayday call and that her crew were abandoning ship.
The reported position...
The Lifeboat Service— Past and Present
50 Years Ago The following two items were first published in THE LIFEBOAT of February, 1935.
Stories of a Life-boat Day.
ST. ALBANS, Hertfordshire, has the distinction of the help of many of its ex-mayors...
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Two of a Set of Cavan Crystal Gaelic Coffee (Or Wine) Glasses Each Glass Carries a Different Rnli Decoration Price £350 from Rnli Dublin Office (10 Merrion Square) Or
Two of a set of Cavan Crystal Gaelic coffee (or wine) glasses. Each glass carries a different RNLI decoration. Price £3.50 from RNLI Dublin Office (10 Merrion Square), or from our shop at Bell Parade, Glebe Way, West Wickham, Kent... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Awards to Coxswains Crews and Shorehelpers
The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity, gratuity or...
Category: Awards
Rocks and Shoals
Four very experienced coxswains were in London last May to be awarded medals for bravery. For all of them, Michael Berry of Jersey, Michael Scales of Guernsey, Michael Grant of Selsey and Thomas Cocking of St Ives, it was at least their...
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Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the April, May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management
Launches. 110. Lives rescued 113.
April Meeting.
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wezford On the evening of the 5th February the s.s. Elsie Annie, of Wexford, ran aground on the North Dogger bank, N.W. of...
Category: Services