LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

JULY 17TH. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At eight o’clock in the evening the Rhyl life-boat station was told that an Anson aeroplane had come down in the sea seven miles to the north-west, and that Botha aeroplanes and...

Nine rescued from ketch ashore on sands near Chichester Bar A difficult service which led to the rescue of nine people from a yacht aground on the East Pole Sands, just outside Chichester Harbour, has led to the chairman of the RNLI sending...

A sponsored fin (swimming with flippers) by Castlereagh Sub-Aqua club produced £500 for Bangor branch.

John Houston, a member of the club, presented the cheque to Roger Killiner of Bangor lifeboat crew. A further £... - View image in PDF

Pictured with the giant cheque for £360,000 from the Famous Grouse Whisky promotion are (left to right) - Mr John MacPhail, Chairman of Matthew Gloag & Son Ltd., Anthony Oliver, RNLI's head of fund-raising, the Duke of Atholl,... - View image in PDF

BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT On the 29th January, 1940, the Bembridge life-boat rescued the crew of twentyone of H.M. Trawler Kingston Cairngorm.

COXSWAIN HARRY J. GAWN was awarded the bronze medal..

Out in the open around the country! Once again the RNLI will be opening its facilities to visitors this year, enabling them to gain a firsthand impression of how the Institution works and the quality of the boats and...

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REPAIR SERVICE - using...