LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Margaret Wicks
BY BREECHES BUOY Islay, Inner Hebrides. At 3.17 a.m.
on 8th December, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the trawler Margaret Wicks,of Fleetwood, was ashore on the Mull of Oa. There was a fresh...
Galway Bay - Ireland Division
Galway Bay - Ireland Division Following a number of search and rescue incidents in Galway Bay, the RNLI announced that an Atlantic 21 lifeboat would be allocated to Galway on a year's evaluation.
When the newly trained... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Determination saves boy's life The life of a ten year old boy was saved in May thanks to the determination and cooperation of Cullercoats lifeboat crew and lifeguard Chris Heaney - earning them all a Letter of Appreciation from the...
Silver Spray
AUGUST 28TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At ten at night the coastguard telephoned that a light had been seen to the south. A south-south-west gale was blowing and the sea was very rough. A watch was kept, and when a flare...
The Norwegian Navy Boats Aksel and Arthur
AUGUST 15TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 6.37 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard at Kinnaird Head that a small motor boat was ashore three-quarters of a mile south of Inzie Head, and that another boat was standing by and...
Building Up to the Millennium
Lifeboats are often in the news, but their shore facilities receive much less of the limelight. In the first of series of articles on this hidden but significant aspect of the RNLI Shoreworks Manager Howard Richings takes a look at the...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services (1)
Aberdeen, Grampian D class: Aug 12 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Aug 2, 3 (twice), 7 (twice), 13, 14, 17 (twice), 20, 24, Sept 4, 5 (twice), 11 and 26 Abersoch, Gwynedd Relief Atlantic21: Aug4,17,23,28 (five times), Sept 5, 11 and 14...
Category: Services
Our "Life-Boat Saturday" Fund
ANOTHER year of " Life-boat Saturday " work has closed, and notwithstanding the great hindrance to advancement in the shape of a General Election, and County Council and School Board Elec- tions, good progress has been made, up-...
Category: Articles
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
{Incorporated by Royal Charter.) Founded 4th March, 1824.—Supported solely by Voluntary Contributions.
PATRON.
His Most Gracious Majesty...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Essay Competition, 1930. Presentation of Prizes In the Greater London and South-Eastern Districts
Presentation of Prizes in the Greater London and South-Eastern Districts.
AT the Caxton Hall, Westminster, on the 20th October, the Mayor of West- minster (Captain J. F. C. Bennett) pre- sided at the presentation of the...
Category: Articles