LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Marie Moller
Holyhead, Anglesey.—On March 22nd the motor life-boat A.E.D. rescued 59 men from the s.s. Marie Moller, of Shanghai, when she was on fire.— Rewards, £10 18s. 6d. (A full account of this service appeared in the last issue of The...
A Fishing Boat (1)
Thurso, Caithness-shire. — 15th-16th April. A fishing boat was missing, but could not be found. Next day she was reported ashore, upside-down, atDunnet Head. There the life-boat found her, but no trace of her crew.—Rewards, £7 12s. and...
A Rowing Boat
Barra Island, Hebrides.—26th December, 1937. A rowing boat had been overwhelmed in Loch Eynort on the 23rd December, and two of her crew of three had been drowned. The life-boat went out to search for the two bodies, but without...
The Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain William Reuben Parr, of Blackpool, who was appointed coxswain in April, 1935. He is the third Parr in suc- cession to serve as coxswain. A Pan- has been in command of the Black- pool life-boat for...
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.— The Motor Life-boat William Evans was launched on the morning of the 12th December, on the receipt of an urgent appeal from Inishere Island for a doctor. No other suitable boat was available so the Life- boat took a doctor across.—No ex-...
The Morecambe Bay Lightvessel
On the night of the 24th of September, 1958, the Barrow, Lancashire, life-boat took a sick man off the Morecambe Bay lightvessel in very heavy seas. For this service, a full account of which appears on page 131, Coxwain Roland Moore was...
Strathcoe
On the 4th of February, 1959, the Longhope, Orkneys, life-boat rescued the crew of fourteen of the steam trawler Strathcoe. For this service, a full account of which appears on pages 222-3, Coxswain Daniel Kirkpatrick was awarded the silver...
American Helicopter Rescuers
The crew of the helicopter which rescued the sole survivor from the South Goodwin lightship Left to right; CAPTAIN CURTIS E. PARKINS, MAJOR PAUL L PARK, AIRMAN FIRST CLASS ELMER H. VOLLMAN and CAPTAIN W, R. KUSY. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Victoire Roger
DETAILS LATER Sennen Cove, Cornwall. The lifeboat Susan Ashley was launched on 24th March, 1964, to help the Belgian trawler Victoire Roger. A full account of the service will appear in the next issue of THE LIFE-BOAT..
The Duke of Edinburgh Took a Keen Interest In the Experimental I.R.B. Which Has Been Constructed By the Boys, When He and the Queen Paid a Visit to Atlantic College, Glamorgan, on 25th June.
The Duke of Edinburgh took a keen interest in the experimental I.R.B., which has been constructed by the boys, when he and the Queen paid a visit to Atlantic College, Glamorgan, on 25th June. He is seen here with Commander D.G.Wicksteed, R.N... - View image in PDF
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