LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Award of Medals, Gratuities, Etc
THE following is a list of the cases in which the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has voted Honorary or Pecuniary Rewards, to persons who have been instrumental in saving lives during the year 1854-5.
April 23,...
Category: Medals
Golden Hope and Blue Peter
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 7.19 p.m. on 9th December, 1965, the coxswain was told that a small yacht was in difficulties at the harbour entrance. The motor fishing vessel Golden Hope went to the yacht, but was unable to render any assistance as...
Reviews of Books
" Losses at Sea: their Causes and Means of Prevention, embracing several other subjects of importance for the Safe Navigation of Vessels." By J. H. RIDLEY, Master in the Merchant Service. London, published for the Author, 1854....
Category: Articles
Bognor Regis Branch
Landing an lllb 9-V4OZ eel cannot be the easiest thing in the world, but 11-year-old Barry Davies (I) managed it and won £100, a fishing rod and other prizes by beating all comers at the Bognor Regis Amateur Angling Society's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Category: Advertisement
Lifeboat Services
West Division Marooned on dolphin THE DLA of Morecambe lifeboat station was informed by Liverpool Coastguard at 1625 on Sunday October 17, 1982, that a board sailor was in difficulties in Half Moon Bay, near Heysham. Maroons were fired at...
Category: Services
Hats Off to the Bronze Medallists, Sweltering In Their Foul-Weather Gear on a Very Hot and Sunny Day.
Hats off to the Bronze Medallists, sweltering in their foul-weather gear on a very hot and sunny day. From left to right: David Wells, helmsman at Clactonon- Sea; Rick Tomlinson, photographer and ex-Port St Mary crew member; Peter Hodge,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Inshore Rescue Boats on Service
From ist April to 30th June, 1964, inshore rescue boats were launched on service 76 times. On nine occasions—described in chronological order below—they were able to rescue people in difficulties.
Walmer, Kent. At 4.14...
Category: Services
Bookshelf
Four more volumes from Jeff Morris, the Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts' Society, chronicling the life and times of various lifeboat stations - this time taking in three stations in England and one in...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Stands By During Helicopter Rescue of Man Injured By Falling Over Cliff While Trying to Save a Boy
Life-Boat Stands By During Helicopter Rescue of Man Injured By Falling Over Cliff While Trying To Save A Boy. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs