LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Claudia of Belfast
On the night of the 23rd March, signals of distress were heard in the direction of the Cardiff Sands, the wind-blowing a strong gale from S.W.
at the time. The Baroness Windsor life- boat was at once launched, and it was...
Joanna Antoinette, of Holland
On the 19th November the Life-boat John Stuart was launched at 6 A.M., and proceeded to the schooner Johanna Antoinette, of Gravenhage, Hol- land, -which vessel had become a wreck on Cardigan Bar during the night. A " terrific gale...
The Tacht Bari
D class inflatable saves two from lee shore in near gale Helmsman Alan Attrill of Bembridge inshore lifeboat has been accorded the RNLFs Thanks on Vellum following the rescue last August of three people from a yacht aground on Bembridge...
Geronimo! Regular Customers of the Queen O'T'Owd Thatch Pub
Geronimo! Regular customers of the Queen o't'owd Thatch pub in South Milford made a sponsored parachute jump to raise money for Castleford ladies guild. A cheque for £906.50 was later handed over to Brian Stevenson, regional... - View image in PDF
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The Rnli's Jubilee Tribute to Hm the Queen Reflects the Great Support Given to the Lifeboat Service By Various Members of the Royal Family During Her Majesty's Reign
The RNLI's Jubilee tribute to HM The Queen reflects the great support given to the lifeboat service by various members of the Royal Family during Her Majesty's reign.... On a recent visit to the Isle of Scilly, HRH The Prince of... - View image in PDF
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Happy Harry, of Arklow
APRIL 2ND. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
At five o’clock in the morning the naval base telephoned the life-boat station that a small vessel was ashore. A strong southsouth- east wind was blowing, with a nasty swell and heavy rain....
Coxswain Richard Evans, of the Moelfre Life-Boat (left) Lt.-Cmdr. Harold Harvey, V.R.D., R.N.R., the Institution's Inspector of Life-Boats for the North West, and Coxswain Thomas Alcock, of the Holyhead Life-Boat
Coxswain Richard Evans, of the Moelfre life-boat (left), Lt.-Cmdr. Harold Harvey, V.R.D., R.N.R., the Institution's inspector of life-boats for the north west, and Coxswain Thomas Alcock, of the Holyhead life-boat, who between them were... - View image in PDF
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Ino, of West Hartlepool
On the 10th December, during a heavy gale from S.S.W., the brigantine Ino, of West Hartlepool, was observed making for the shore in an apparently sinking state.
It subsequently appeared that she had been in collision with...
The Duke of Atholl Former Convener of the Scottish Lifeboat Council With Mrs E P Hill Former Secretary of Gourock Ladies' Guild Mrs Hill Awarded a Gold Badge Had Bee
The Duke of Atholl, former convener of the Scottish Lifeboat Council, with Mrs E. P.
Hill, former secretary of Gourock ladies' guild. Mrs Hill, awarded a gold badge, had been unable to attend the AGM in London in May to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Thomas William Read, of Rams- gate, who retired last year. He was appointed second coxswain about 1915, when the station was administered by the Board of Trade, and in 1924, two years after the...
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