LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Award for Bravest Life-Saving Act In 1956
THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving in 1956 has been won by Reginald Carey, of Coverack, Cornwall.
Reginald Carey, who is normally second coxswain of the Coverack lifeboat, was acting coxswain when the...
Category: Awards
Life-Boat Services
ON the evening of 20th January last year the Danish motor fishing vessel Opal sailed from Buckle and set a course for the Fladden fishing grounds. At about 10.30 p.m. it was discovered that the engine room was flooding. Both main bilge and...
Category: Services
Wimpie and the Barges Glenrosa, Maid of Munster and Audrey (1)
Southend-on-Sea, and Walton and Frinton, Essex.—On 2nd June, 1938, in a whole gale the Southend-on-Sea motor life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3), rescued two men from the yacht Wimpie, of Southampton, and three men from the barge...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To JOHN E. MORRIS, on his retirement, after serving for 17J years as coxswain and 3 moaths as bowman of the Barmouth lifeboat, a coxswain's certificate of service and an annuity.
To JOHN C. SNELL, on his retirement,...
Category: Awards
Features
spirit Incredible journey The RNLI’s Chief Executive spent an especially productive Summer last year. Carol Waterkeyn finds out how A senior manager takes a cycle ride. Quite unremarkable until you realise that the man in question is the...
Category: Articles
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To DAVID Mum, on his retirement, after serving 22 years as Coxswain, 7 years as Second Coxswain and 5 years as Bowman of the Girvan Life-boat, a Certificate of Service and a Pension.
To JOHN WM. PARKINSON, on his retirement...
Category: Awards
Life-Boat Christmas Cards and Calendars
LIFE-BOAT CHRISTMAS CARDS AND CALENDARS FOUR attractive and interesting life-boat Christmas cards are available this year.
A.—A card bearing an illustration reproduced from a painting by Stewart Henry Bell, hanging at Head...
Category: Advertisement
Adventures of An Emmett
A few days before Jon Jones went on his West Country tour of lifeboat stations with the Dl, Sue Denny, RNLI Press and Public Information Manager was in the same area looking at stations through the eyes of a tourist… rset off bright and...
Category: Articles
International Boat Show By Heather Deane
EARL'S COURT, LONDON, JANUARY 5 TO 15 RECORDS AGAIN BROKEN AT RNLI STAND by Heather Deane Assistant Public Relations Officer, RNLI THE SOUND OF BAGPIPES proclaimed the Scottish theme of this year's International Boat Show and further...
Category: Articles
Topdal and the S.S. Kittiwake
MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND. — On the evening of the 6th October the Coxswain of the Life-boat Civil Service No. 5 received a telegram from Whitehaven warning him to watch for a barque coming up the Solway Firth. A strong gale was blowing from S.W....