LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Duke of Kent's
The Duke of Kent's first visit on Orkney on May 10 was to Longhope where he laid a wreath at the memorial to the eight lifeboatmen who lost their lives in the disaster of 1969. The Memorial was unveiled by HM The Queen Mother in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Long-Standing Supporters of the R.N.L.I.
IN the June, 1968, number of THE LIFE-BOAT three companies which have given the R.N.L.I. valuable financial support over a number of years were mentioned.
Continuing the series, we describe three more...
Category: Donations
lona (1)
Ramsgate, Kent.—Soon after midnight on the 5th-6th September the watchman on East Pier reported that the local motor yacht lona had broken down off the harbour. The weather was calm, but there was a strong tide, and the yacht was drifting...
William Henry of Belfast
On the 30th Novem- ber, the schooner William Henry, of Belfast, was totally wrecked on St. Mary's Isle, near Kirkcudbright, during a gale from S.S.E.
The Helen Lees life-boat put off and suc- ceeded in saving the...
The Wreck of the "Islander."
A TRAGIC disaster occurred on the coast of Cornwall during a severe gale which struck the coast towards the end of August, when the cutter Islander, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, was driven ashore in Lantivet Bay, about three miles from Fowey...
Category: Articles
OBITUARY: Captain Ramsay of Mar
Captain Ramsay of Mar With regret we report the death of Captain Alexander Ramsay of Mar MA FRICS DL, honorary life governor and vice convener of the Scottish lifeboat council 1965-1989, who died on 19 December...
Category: Obituaries
The Chief Inspector of Lifeboats, Lt.- Commander W. L. G. Dutton, RD, RNR, of Dorking, with his wife. Olive, when he received the OBE from the Queen on February 20. by courtesy of Feature Press Photo Agency
The Chief Inspector of Lifeboats, Lt.- Commander W. L. G. Dutton, RD, RNR, of Dorking, with his wife. Olive, when he received the OBE from the Queen on February 20. - View image in PDF
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Category: Photographs
Coxswain Albert Bird (R) Aberdeen Entertains Skipper John Thomas Former Assistant Mechanic at Dungeness and the Man Who Saved His Life When Dungeness Lifeboat R
Coxswain Albert Bird (r.), Aberdeen, entertains Skipper John Thomas, former assistant mechanic at Dungeness and the man who saved his life when Dungeness lifeboat rescued six men from Teeswood in the great Channel gale of 1956; a service for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fastnet Race Storm
DURING THE NIGHT of Monday August 13 and Tuesday August 14 southwesterly storm force winds, veering to west north west and gusting to hurricane force, struck the south-western approaches while the international Fastnet Race fleet of 306...
Category: Articles