LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The calm before the storm
‘There was peace and quiet ... that can change within seconds when the pager goes off.'
That contrast was the inspiration behind this prize-winning photo by RNLI Crew Member Neville Murphy....
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Award of Ministry of Transport Shield
THE Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Mr. Harold Watkinson, has awarded the shield for the best wreck service in 1957 to the Sandown arid Ventnor life-saving apparatus companies of H.M. Coastguard for the rescue of the crew of the...
Category: Awards
Left: the Lifeboat Crew Help the Third Casualty Into the Lifeboat As His Two Friends Look On.
Left: The lifeboat crew help (he third casualty into the lifeboat as his tWO friends look On. F-Kture DenmsWeller. - View image in PDF
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Helen Walker And Polly
A strong W.N.W. gale with a very heavy sea on 1st February caused great anxiety to be felt for some of the fishing boats which were at sea. About 4 P.M. a boat was seen approaching the harbour, and as it was felt that she could never weather...
Don't Rock the Boat
THIS article appeared in The Field on 8th April and is reproduced by permission of The Field'?, editor. We consider it a most helpful, informative and balanced article, although the comment about the attitude of crews towards...
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Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
FOUNDED IN 1824.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
PATRONESS.
HER MOST...
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The S.S. Baxtergate
Barrow, Lancashire. At 11.15 on the morning of the 1st of July, 1959, a firm of shipping agents informed the coxs- wain that the father of a boy aboard the s.s. Baxtergate of London was danger- ously ill. As there was no other suitable boat...
The Icelandic Trawler Olafur Gisli and M.V. Gavina
Icelandic trawler AT 0430 ON MONDAY December 12, 1979, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Fleetwood lifeboat station that MV Gavina of Fleetwood was trying to take in tow an Icelandic trawler, Olafur Gisli, west of Shell Wharf....
A Beach Out Of Reach
A beach out of reach Even strong swimmers can be caught out, struggling in sight of land. Carol Waterkeyn reports Sunday 3 June 2007 was a memorable day for all the wrong reasons. A family holiday nearly turned into a disaster when Carolyne...
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Top of the Form: Alton Branch
Top of the form: Alton branch present an annual trophy to the pub in their area which raises the most money for the Institution. Since 1982, the trophy has, each year, gone to the Railway Hotel whose landlord, Max Reitzler, has collected... - View image in PDF
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