LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy (9)
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 7.38 on the morning of the 3rd September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two boys were at the Nab Light in a small sailing dinghy and needed a tow to Bembridge. They had been drifting...
33 calls round the island
Almost 2,000 vessels registered to circumnavigate the Isle of Wight in this year’s Round the Island Race on 25 June. Force 6–7 winds and swells of up to 3m meant a busy day for five lifeboat crews, with 23 incidents in all. Cowes’s B class...
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Mary Heeley
Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 12.30 in the morning, on the 30th of April, 1950, the Ramsey coastguard telephoned that flares had been seen off Onchan Head.
At 12.45 the life-boat Millie Walton was launched in a thick fog with a...
Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the National Life-Boat Institution
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Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To WILLIAM SWANKIE, B.E.M., on his retirement after serving for 17f years as coxswain and 8| years as second coxswain of the Arbroath life-boat, a coxswain's certificate of service and an annuity.
To LESLIE C. PENNYCORD...
Category: Awards
Kevin Walker, One of the Younger Members of Galtres Forest Branch,
Kevin Walker, one of the younger members of Galtres Forest branch, recently presented a cheque for £207 to Teesmouth lifeboat station. Kevin, pictured handing the cheque over to coxswain Peter Race, raised the money by completing a 25... - View image in PDF
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Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 9.5 on the evening of the 13th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a boy had fallen over the cliffs at Horseshoe Bay and had been seriously injured. At 9.11, when the life- boat Jesse...
Orion
PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.—The smack Orion, of Ramsey, arrived in Peel Bay, from Annalong, early on the evening of the 20th February. During the evening, the wind increased to a tremendous gale from W.N.W. As the smack was dragging her anchor, a...
The Inaugural Ceremony. The Bishop of Iceland Reciting the Prayer of Dedication
The Inaugural Ceremony The Bishop of Iceland Reciting The Prayer of Dedication. - View image in PDF
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HRH the Duke of Kent President of the Rnli Visits South Wales
HRH The Duke of Kent President of the Rnli Visits South Wales. - View image in PDF
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