LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
In Memory of the Men of the Mumbles
APRIL the 23rd was the first anniversary of the loss of the life-boat at The Mumbles with all her crew, and on that day the Vicar of Oystermouth dedicated, and the Mayoress of Swansea unveiled, a plaque which the Institution has placed in...
Category: Articles
On the Coast of Iceland
Rescue of the crew of the Grimsby trawler Trocadero, 6th September, 1936. - View image in PDF
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Some Ways of Raising Money
Miss Mackie-Campbell of Stonefield, Argyll, organised an equestrian day and designated the RNLI as a halfbeneficiary.
The event had to be postponed owing to atrocious weather, but in spite of this, when held soon afterwards...
Category: Donations
The S.S. Hope Star
DECEMBER 6TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. The motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 put out at 9 in the morning, in a N.W. gale, with a very rough sea, and rescued nine men of the crew of 44 of the S.S. Hope Star, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, which had...
The First D Class Ilb to Be Funded from the Stamp Appeal Organised By Barrie Smale 17 Station Road Okehampton Devon Is Stationed at Holyhead She Is Seen Here Wit
The first D class JLB to be funded from the stamp appeal organised by Barrie Smale, 17 Station Road, Okehampton, Devon, is stationed at Holyhead. She is seen here with crew members and shore helpers on the day a commemorative plaque was... - View image in PDF
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Heswall and Gayton Ladies' Guild Celebrated Its Tenth Anniversary With a Dinner Party Last February Attended By 50 Guests It Was Held at the Homes of Mrs Sonia James
Heswall and Gayton ladies' guild celebrated its tenth anniversary with a dinner party last February attended by 50 guests. It was held at the homes of Mrs Sonia James, chairman, and Mrs R. Walker, ex-chairman. A special birthday cake in... - View image in PDF
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When Rnlb Shoreline Was Due to Leave William Osborne's Yard at Littlehampton for Her Station Last August Her Shoreline Flag Had Not Arrived the 5Th Littlehampton Sea Scout Troop (A Group M
When RNLB Shoreline was due to leave William Osborne's yard at Littlehampton for her station last August her Shoreline flag had not arrived. The 5th Littlehampton Sea Scout Troop (a group member) was proud to present its flag to the... - View image in PDF
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In at the deep end
What's it like to join lifeboat volunteers in the sea survival pool? Philly Byrde finds out ...
'This is your Captain speaking. Abandon ship! abandon ship!' Oh good. This is exactly...
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The S.S. Jutland
BLTTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.—At 3.40 A.M. on the 19th of January, a steamer, which subsequently proved to be the s.s. Jutland, of Newcastle, bound from Chatham to Blyth, in ballast, with a crew of thirteen men, was observed behind Seaton Sea Rocks...
Front Cover
Front Cover A Pooie lifeboat crew member prepares to be winched from the station's Brede class lifeboat to Portland Coastguard Helicopter Whisky Bravo during an exercise off Studland last Autumn.
The photograph is just... - View image in PDF
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