LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Orleans and Jan Van Toon
Tanker ablaze NEWS OF A COLLISION between the 76,000-tonne Greek tanker Orleans and a 295-tonne Dutch fishing vessel, Jan Van Toon, reached Cromer lifeboat station at 0815 on the morning of Friday January 24, 1986. The tanker, about 65 miles...
Juan Therese
At 11.13 a.m. on 9th August, 1966, a yacht was seen firing distress signals in the vicinity of the Tongue sands. The life-boat Elizabeth Elson, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 11.20 in a strong south south westerly wind and...
Mrs Joan Beynon,
Mrs Joan Beynon, Porthcawl ladies guild founder member, former secretary, treasurer and souvenir secretary. Mrs Beynon remained an active member of Porthcawl fundraising branch, becoming president in 1997. She was awarded the gold badge in...
Category: Obituaries
Accounts of Services by Life-boats (5)
Launches 29. Lives rescued 54.
JUNE 1ST. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
H.M. Submarine Thetis dived, while on trials in Liverpool Bay about fifteen miles from Llandudno, and did not come to the surface....
Category: Services
Rugged In the Extreme Caithness Lifeboat Stations: Thurso and Wick By Joan Davies
In winter, on ten to fifteen days out of every month, winds will blow at force 7 or above around the north-eastern tip of Scotland. The waters of the Pentland and Moray Firths are some of the most notorious in the world. The mainland...
Category: Articles
Picking the Winners
Picking the winners - (from left to right} John Murray. John Marjoram, Peter Macgregor. David Johnstone, Bill Home, Donald Maclssaac, Michael MacNeil. John Gaughan joined by RNLI marketing manager, David Brann.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Donaghadee: One of the Guardians of the Northern Approaches By Joan Davies
AUGUST 1910: DONAGHADEE station was established, its first boat being one of the earliest motor lifeboats in the Institution's fleet, a 43' Watson with a 40 hp engine capable of nearly 7 knots.
August 1975: it was...
Category: Articles
Mrs Joan Gibson,
Mrs Joan Gibson, vice president of Llandudno ladies' guild since 1980. She first joined the committee in 1933 and was vice chairman from 1976-1980. Mrs Gibson was awarded a Silver badge in 1988..
Category: Obituaries
Model Event
John Sanders attends John Docwra's Arun model at Mid Thames Model Boat Club's RNLI weekend. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs