LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Walter Stanley (Jim) Firman
Walter Stanley (Jim) Firman, Scarborough tractor driver from 1952 to 1969, after serving as tractor driver helper from 1949 to 1952; during that time he was never known to miss launch or recovery. On his retirement at 65, Jim Firman sold...
Category: Obituaries
Anna, of New York
Soon after midnight of the 29th January the night signals of dis- tress of a vessel on the North Sand End, Goodwin Sands, were observed. It was blowing hard from the N.E. at the time.
The Life-boat Samuel Morrison Collins...
Coxswain Ronald Hardy Presents Members of Swanage Crew to His Royal Highness: (' to R) Walter Bishop John Bishop Philip Dorey Eric Dorey (Shaking Hands) and Se
Coxswain Ronald Hardy presents members of Swanage crew to His Royal Highness: (.'. to r.) Walter Bishop, John Bishop, Philip Dorey, Eric Dorey (shaking hands) and Second Coxswain/Mechanic Victor Marsh. photographs by J. P.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mary Anne
Ferryside, Carmarthenshire.—At about 1.30 in the afternoon of the 8th of March, 1948, the Tenby coastguard telephoned that a bod'y had been washed ashore at Ferryside that morn- ing, and the motor fishing vessel Mary Anne, of Swansea,...
H.M. Mine Sweeper
H.M. Mine Sweeper • stranded on the Scroby Sands during a strong southerly gale on the 28th October. She made signals of distress, and in response the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was launched. While endeavouring to get near...
Brixham Secondary School Fifth Formers (I to R) Jimmy Moore Simon Foot and Steve Edwards Seen With Motor Mechanic Steve Bower Last Term Volunteered As Commun
Brixham Secondary School fifth formers (I. to r.) Jimmy Moore, Simon Foot and Steve Edwards, seen with Motor Mechanic Steve Bower, last term volunteered, as community work, to help clean Torbay lifeboat and boathouse every Friday afternoon:... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Prize Winners Mr And Mrs Smith Meet Coxswain Peter Huxtable And His Team At Shoreham Harbour
Prize winners Mr and Mrs Smith meet Coxswain Peter Huxtable and his team at Shoreham Harbour Photo: John Periam. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Maryport Life-Boat and Her Crew
The Priscilla Macbean, a 35-ft. self-righting life-boat, with a 15 h.p. engine. This boat, which rescued the crew of the Plauisworth, has now been replaced by a 35-ft. 6-in. Liverpool life-boat, with a 35 h.p. engine. The new boat was named... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs