LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Joint Exercise
An exercise was held in May, 1968, in which an R.A.F. Shackleton from Kinloss co-operated with the Lerwick life-boat. The exercise took place at night.
The Inspector of No. 2 Life-boat Area, Lt.-Cmdr. L. A. Forbes, R.N.,...
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Joel Grunnill (R)
Joel Grunnill (r.) retired as second coxswain of Skegness lifeboat in October after 45 years of service with the station. Among other presentations, he received a statuette of the famous Skegness Jolly Fisherman, a local honour only accorded... - View image in PDF
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Joan and Mary, and Trump
ESCORT FOR FOUR At 9.30 a.m. on 4th November, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four fishing cobles were at sea and that the weather was rapidly deteriorating. There was a near gale from the east-south-east with a...
JOINT RESPONSE
A swimmer gets into danger off the coast of Northern Ireland – just as local RNLI lifeguards are about to clock off for the night
Wednesday 27 June, and another day was drawing to a close on Portrush’s East Strand Beach....
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Christmas Morn
Thurso, Caithness-shire - At 12.55 p.m. on 28th July, 1968, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat was in difficulties two miles north east of Scarfskerry.
The life-boat Pentland (Civil Service No. 31)...
Benefactors: "Not of An Age, But for All Time." Henry Greathead. [Born 1757. Died 1813]
IT is our national boast that Britannia rules the waves, and so it was only befitting that the honour of, inventing the Life-boat should fall to the lot of a Briton. Whether or not Henry Greathead was that particular Briton has been a matter...
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All-Weather Lifeboat Tyne Class
ALL-WEATHER LIFEBOAT TYNE CLASS Photo: John Periam. - View image in PDF
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Rapt Attention
Coxswain Madron, John Drew, and Coxswain Walters of Fowey. - View image in PDF
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Don
. At 5.30 A.M., OB the 14th February, the schooner Don, of Aberdeen, bound to Sunderland with chalk, stranded on the South Barber Sand during a strong S.
wind and a heavy sea. The No. 2 Lifeboat promptly went to her...
Alton: AUCTION WINS SAIL-AWAY TREAT FOR SUPPORTER
RNLI supporter Joan Bennett swapped land for sea on a sailing trip last year, thanks to an auction of promises event put on by the Alton Fundraising Branch. In the last 5 years, Joan’s bids have won her three of these sail-away days, joining...
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