LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rescue In the Dundrum River
AT 7.85 on the evening of the 10th of November, 1955, Mr. J. B. McClean, the son of the caretaker of Murlough House, noticed flares at sea at the entrance to the Dundrum river. He immediately went to the shore and saw a fishing vessel in...
Category: Services
and Talks With Mrs Winstone of Sheffield Donor of the Lifeboat With Them (I) Is John Atterton Deputy Director of the Institution Photograph By Courtesy of 'Liverpool Daily Post'
. . . and talks with Mrs Winstone of Sheffield, donor of the lifeboat. With them (I.) is John Atterton, deputy director of the Institution. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of 'Liverpool Daily Post'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ken Tickles the Crowds
Lifeboat coffers were boosted by almost £23,000 during Hoylake lifeboat station's open days which were held over the August Bank Holiday.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Winter Gales
During the five winter months, from October to February, life-boats were launched 241 times and rescued 314 lives, an average of 63 lives a month..
Category: Articles
The Life Boat Saturday Fund
THE Central Committee of the LIFE-BOAT SATURDAY FUND and their officers, as well as the District and Local Life-boat Satur- day Committees throughout the country, are to be heartily congratulated on the success of their efforts during the...
Category: Articles
The Fishery Patrol Vessel Switha
Patrol vessel holed IN EASTERLY GALES early on Thursday January 31, 1980, fishery patrol vessel Switha, bound for Leith, ran aground on the rocks near Herwit Buoy in the Firth of Forth, a mile south east of Inchkeith Island. She was holed...
The Converted Ship's Boat Piper
FOUR RESCUED FROM CONVERTED SHIP'S BOAT Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 2.54 on the morning of the 13th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a request had been received from the Blyth honorary secretary for the help of...
John Petit Joined St.Peter Port Lifeboat Crew In 1952 and Was Appointed Coxswain In 1964; He Was Awarded the Bronze Medal In 1963 the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum In 1972 Bar
John Petit joined St Peter Port lifeboat crew in 1952 and was appointed coxswain in 1964; he was awarded the bronze medal in 1963, the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum in 1972, bars to his bronze medal in 1975, 1977 and 1979 and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Whitby No. 2 Life-Boat, the Last of the Pulling Boats In the Service
Whitby No. 2 Life-Boat. The Last of the Pulling Boats In The Service. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs