LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 3.16 on the afternoon of the llth of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy was in distress a quarter of a mile east of Mersea Island. At 3.25 the life-boat Sir Godfrey...
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the February and March Meetings of the Committee of Management
Reported to the February and March Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Launches 110. Lives rescued 102.
February Meeting.
Arklow, Co. Wicklow_On the night of the 20th November,...
Category: Services
The Gear a Life-Boat Carries
Assistant Chief Inspector of Life-boats A MODERN life-boat may cost as much as £36,500. The great bulk of the cost is, of course, that of the hull and machinery, but a modern life-boat also carries a variety of stores and equip- ment....
Category: Articles
Louis Sheid and Tajandoen (1)
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT SALCOMBE DEC. 7TH. - SALCOMBE, AND PLYMOUTH, DEVON. Early in the morning the Belgian steamer Louis Sheid, of over 6,000 tons, was in the English Channel on her way to Antwerp. She had a crew of forty-six men. She saw...
Lifeboat Launches
Lifeboat launches on service during the months September, October and November, 1973 Aldeburgh, Suffolk September 20 and October 7.
Angle, Pembrokeshire September 5 and 22.
Anstruther, Fife September...
Category: Services
Mrs Marie Winstone In Her Garden With the Duke of Atholl After She Had Presented to Him a Cheque for £300000 to Fund a 52Ft Arun to Be Stationed at Fishguard With Them Are (I) Superintenden
Mrs Marie Winstone in her garden with the Duke of Atholl after she had presented to him a cheque for £300,000 to fund a 52ft Arun to be stationed at Fishguard.
With them are (I.) Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
IRB Launches (1)
SOUTH-EASTERN DISTRICT Rescues by IRBs in April were undertaken by the following stations: Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 11.54 a.m. on i8th April, 1966, while the IRB was being exercised with the district inspector on board, the crew were...
Category: Services
Free range
With the recession, volcanic ash, and concerns for the environment, more people are taking holidays closer to home, especially to walk our coastal paths. What is the impact on the RNLI?
Waves crashing on a sandy beach or...
Category: Articles
Four Distinguished Coxswains. Richard Roberts, of Deal, William Cooper, of Ramsgate, Frederick John Eagles, of Plymouth, John Crocombe, of Lynmouth
Richard Roberts, of Deal, William Cooper, of Ramsgate, Frederick John Eagles, of Plymouth, John Crocombe, of Lynmouth.
THE Institution has lost by death during the last four months four distinguished ex-coxswains of...
Category: Obituaries
Mr. Herbert Statham, Westminster West Rotary Club Past-President, Hands Over a Cheque for £18,000 Towards a New Life-Boat to Mr. W. T. Bishop (Left), R.N.L.I., at Royal Overseas League Head
Mr. Herbert Statham, Westminster West Rotary Club past-president, hands over a cheque for £18,000 towards a new life-boat to Mr. W. T. Bishop (left), R.N.L.I., at Royal Overseas League headquarters, St. James's. The money was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs