LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

BOWMAN PUT ON BOARD IN HEAVY SEAS Weymouth, Dorset. At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 29th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor cabin cruiser was firing red flares close to Portland...

LAST February was one of the stormiest Februaries on record. During the month there were over fifty launches on service, and nearly forty lives were saved. The two services, however, which most deserve to be recorded are two, both by Motor...

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MAY 24TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 4.45 A.M. a message was received from the Deal coastguard that a steamer, with a number of women and children on board, had been bombed by enemy aircraft and was drifting in the South Downs. A light south-west...

WE'VE songs in praise of men of fame, Of men who've fought and bled, Whose names still live in history, Though they themselves are dead: But I'll not sing of heroes gone— My burthen now shall be Our gallant British Life-boat men,...

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Above right: The Lifeboat Shop earns over £30,000 a year for Dublin branch. Its main trade is in second hand clothes which are donated by the bundle. They are sorted, put on display and sold by a dedicated band of volunteer ladies who... - View image in PDF

Below: All that remains of the Dragonfly, pulled up onto the beach the next day. - View image in PDF