LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Reduce the risks Given the antics of condemed yachtsman Eric Abbott who 'navigates' by road maps, isn't it time to formalise some form of mandatory training before people put to sea. This guy shows total contempt for the...
Category: Correspondence
No Picnic
Amazingly, Poole lifeboats hadn’t been called out for a month, belying our status as one of the busiest coastal stations, but on Sunday 28 October at 10.59am, my pager broke its silence. Spurred into action, I knew that it could be something...
Category: Articles
100 Years Ago. Two Gold Medal Services on the Same Day
THE brig Aurora, coal laden, was wrecked near the mouth of the Tees, on the night of the 14th August, 1829, in a heavy gale and tremendous sea ; and the crew, consisting of ten persons, were saved by the intrepid conduct of Lieutenant Pym, R...
Category: Medals
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Aith, Shetlands. At 10.20 a.m. on 1st December, 1965, at the request of the local medical officer of health, the lifeboat John and Frances Macfarlane was launched in a moderate north westerly breeze and in a rough sea to take a doctor and a...
Torbay: Edward Bridges (Civil Service and Post Office No 37) Lies In the Outer Harbour Brixham for Her Naming Ceremony She Is the Third Arun Class Lifeboat
Torbay: Edward Bridges (Civil Service and Post Office No. 37) lies in the outer harbour, Brixham, for her naming ceremony. She is the third Arun class lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Governor.
The following have been appointed HONOR- ARY LIFE-GOVERNORS of the Institu- tion and have been presented with a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G.,...
Category: Awards
A Buccaneer Aircraft
Ditched aircraft AT 2225 on April 22, 1987 the station honorary secretary at Wick was alerted by Pentland Coastguard that a Buccaneer aircraft had ditched in the sea more than 21 miles north east by east of Wick.
The 48ft...
Bookshelf
The History of the North Deal Walmer and Kingsdowne Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author at £2.50 (including post and packing)A new book by this prolific chronicler of lifeboats station histories - this time covering three...
Category: Articles
A Small Boat from Kingsley
Clovelly, Devon.—At 11.20 on the night of the 15th cf May, 1948, the Rev.
H. C. A. S. Muller, of Appledore. landed in a small boat from the motor pleasure boat Kingsley, of Barnstaple, and reported that the boat's...
Book Reviews
A director of Shire Publications at Tring, Hertfordshire, recently had the excellent idea that a guide book should be produced based on life-boat stations.
This company specialises in the publication of unusual guides. The...
Category: Articles