LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
News from the Branches. 1st October to 31st December
Greater London.
ASHFORD.—Flag Whist Drive.
BARKING.—Life-boat in the procession celebrating the incorporation of Barking as a Borough.
BRONDESBUBY. — Address to Young People's League...
Category: Branches
The Search for Edward May
AT 4.45 on the morning of the 8th of September, 1954, Edward May, a 44- year-old steel worker from Scunthorpe, waded into the sea at Cap Gris Nez.
He planned to swim to Dover unes- corted and thereby become the first man to...
Category: Services
Notes and News
THE year 1921 was one of phenomenally fine weather. A very mild winter was followed by a summer of drought and an autumn almost without gales. In fact, there was no really severe weather until Christmas. The year then went out in storms, and...
Category: Articles
List of Launches
Station-by-station lifeboat launches for March, April and May 1998 Aberdeen Arun. Mar 15, May 23 and 31 D Class. Mar 6, 15, 25. 29, Way 4 and 23 Abersoch Atlantic 21, Mar 1. Apr 11, 26, May 1,2. 14, 17. 19 (Twice), 23 (Twice) and 25...
Category: Services
Membership News
Governors Shoreline Storm Force Thank you As the New Year begins, the number of RNLI members now stands at a record 197,000. We would like to say thank you to every one of you for supporting the RNLI in 1991 - and look forward to your...
Category: Articles
Head Protection for Lifeboat Crews By Stuart Welford Btbch Mimcche Mrina Research and Development Officer Rnli
Research and Development Officer, RNLI IMAGINE A JANUARY AFTERNOON. Not much wind, but a cold front forecast; the light will fade in a couple of hours; wind and sea will be getting up and the temperature is dropping all the...
Category: Articles
SOUTH/MIDLANDS/EAST: Community news
West Bridgford
YOUNG FUNDRAISER RECOGNISED
Fourteen-year-old Luke Jenkins has been helping to save lives at sea for most of his life. As a baby,
his mother Aisling carried him in a sling on an...
Category: Articles
and from Falmouth: During Her Majesty's Visit on August 6 Prince Andrew Took the Helm (Below) When He and Prince Edward Went Out With Coxswain West In The
. . . and from Falmoiith: During Her Majesty's visit on August 6, Prince Andrew took the helm (below) when he and Prince Edward went out with Coxswain West in the station boarding boat.
Earlier Coxswain West, one of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pains-Wessex Schermuly
A stormy sea can very quickly become a cruel sea to a vessel in distress.
Crashing waves prevent rescue vessels getting alongside. And poor visibility can make yards seem like miles.
With the Pains-Wessex...
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