LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Newhaven, Sussex. At 11.25 on the night of the 3rd September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was ashore east of the river Cuckmere. At 11.55 the life- boat Kathleen Mary was launched in a gentle...
New Scottish, Irish and English Life-Boats
NEW life-boats in Scotland, Ireland and England—at Longhope in the Orkneys, at Howth in the Irish Republic, and at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset—were named during the last quarter.
The money to build the Longhope life-boat...
Category: Inaugurations
Top: The Indomitable Keith (centre) And His Rescuers Are Safe At Last
Top: The indomitable Keith (centre) and his rescuers are safe at last. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Arne
Swanage, Dorset-At 4.55 p.m. on 31st May, 1968, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy was in difficulties three miles south of Dancing Ledge. At 5.3 the life-boat R.L.P. was launched and at 5.27 she reached the...
Lifeboat Services August September and October 1990
Aberdeen, Grampian Arun ON 1050: September 30 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: August 2, 9 (four times), 11, 20, 27, September I, October 6 (twice), 14 and 21 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: August 5 (three times), 15, 18, 20, September 6 and...
Category: Services
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Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 2.52 on the afternoon of the 27th of August, 1957, the coastguard reported that a local fishing boat was flying a distress signal about two miles south-east of the harbour. The life-boat Greater London (Civil Service...
A Gallant Girl and Four Gallant Boys
ONE of the features of the many boating accidents in the summer of 1937 was the gallantry of boys and girls. The Institution awarded five inscribed wrist-watches, to a girl and four boys for saving, or attempting to save, life. Their ages...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Christmas Card and Calendar
THIS year there will again be a Christ- mas card and pocket calendar for sale.
The card is of eight pages with the Institution's crest embossed on the out- side. Inside are Christmas greetings and a picture in colours...
Category: Advertisement
The S.S. City of Amsterdam
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 2.50 on the morning of the 25th of May, 1958, the managing director of the owners of the S.S. City of Amsterdam, of Dublin, informed the honorary secretary that her master had collapsed on the bridge of...
Lifeboat Services August September and October 1984
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: October 26 and 27 D class inflatable: October 10 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic21: August 19 (twice). 21. 22.
25, 27, 28 (twice) and 30 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlanlic21: August 1.4.9,29.31...
Category: Services