LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
All In a Day's Work
How does a volunteer lifeboat crew member find the time to juggle their work and personal life with their lifeboat duties - and why? Jon Jones spent some time on the Isle of Wight with Bembridge coxswain Martin Woodward to try to get some...
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Safe Return, Mary Frances, Glance and Green Flag
ARKLOW, IRELAND.—Several fishing boats having been driven from their moorings on the morning of the 16th October, the Out Pensioner Life-boat was launched at 9 o'clock, and saved four large boats, the Safe Return, Mary Frances, Glance,...
Tortuguero and The American Steamer Clifford E. Ashby
APRIL 4TH. - WALMER, KENT. The Glasgow steamer Tortuguero and the American steamer Clifford E. Ashby had been in collision and both had been damaged, but they did not need the life-boat’s help. - Rewards.
£14 12s....
FROM OARS TO WATERJETS
What has a 25-knot all-weather craft powered with waterjets got in common with a £300 wooden boat with 10 oars? They’re both fundraising targets set by The Lifeboat Fund – the UK civil service charity set up in aid of the RNLI. When the...
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(Below) Later Walked Over to the Dais to Name the New Boat Ann Ritchie
(Below) . . . later walked over to the dais to name the new boat Ann Ritchie.. - View image in PDF
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Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I. Presenting Ian Gillies, a 12 Year Old Boy from Gourock, With An Inscribed Wrist Watch for An Act of Exceptional Gallantry
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, president of the R.N.L.I., presenting Ian Gillies, a 12 year old boy from Gourock, with an inscribed wrist watch for an act of exceptional gallantry- The occasion of the presentation was the annual meeting... - View image in PDF
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The Ex-Admiralty M.F.V. Pilgrim
THE MASTER of the tug Superman asked Wells Coastguard for lifeboat assistance at 0450 on October 21, 1973; she was towing an ex-Admiralty MFV, Pilgrim, which, with two people on board, was in danger of breaking up; their position was...
H.M. Trawler Kingston Cairngorm
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT BEMBRIDGE JANUARY 29TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT During the afternoon an easterly blizzard was raging at Bembridge in the Isle of Wight.
The wind had been blowing hard for several days and a very...
The Netherlands-Registered Yacht Rose Bank
Determination in appalling conditions saves four 1-iftbtial.
Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Firman was awarded the RNLI's Bronze medal, and his six-man crew received medal service certificates, following a hazardous rescue of...
About 2000 People Gathered on Moelfre Beach Anglesey on Saturday June 7 to Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Lifeboat Station a Service of Thanksgiving and Re-Dedication Was Conducte
About 2,000 people gathered on Moelfre beach, Anglesey, on Saturday June 7, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the lifeboat station. A service of thanksgiving and re-dedication was conducted by His Grace, The Archbishop of Wales, during... - View image in PDF
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