LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Closing of the Wexford Station
FOE the past sixty-six years the Institu- tion has maintained a Life-boat Station at Wexford, at the south-eastern corner of Ireland. It has been one of the most important Stations on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, for it has...
Category: Articles
Louis Sheid and Tajandoen
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...
(Left) Canadian Coast Guard Has for Some Years Used Hovercraft In Its Rescue Work the First a British Hovercraft Corporation Srn5 Became Operational at Vancouv
(Left) Canadian Coast Guard has for some years used hovercraft in its rescue work. - View image in PDF
The first, a British Hovercraft Corporation SRN5, became operational at Vancouver in 1969.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Above) a Modem Lifeboat Is Complex |Ust a Small Part of the Wiring Switches and Circuit Breakers for the Engine and Equipment In the Process of Inslallation
(Above) A modem lifeboat is complex... |ust a small part of the wiring, switches and circuit breakers for the engine and equipment in the process of inslallation.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Annual Three Peaks Race Starts from Barmouth
The annual Three Peaks Race starts from Barmouth and finishes at Fort William, calling at Caernarvon and Ravenglass on the way, where crew members have to disembark and run up Snowdon and Scafell Pike. The race ends with a 13-mile run up Ben... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Your Letters
Lifeboats at Dunkirk With reference to the letter in the Summer issue regarding the Poole lifeboat Thomas Kirk Wright and her work during the Dunkirk evacuation in May/June 1940.
A total of 19 RNLI lifeboats took part in...
Category: Correspondence
In This Issue
In this issue News Letters Feature Lifeboats on the Thames Lifeboats move into the big city with the establishment of four new stations on the River Thames Lifeboats in action Award-winning rescues - including an account of four people...
Category: Contents
Your shout
My husband and I were on Newgale Beach, Pembrokeshire, on Tuesday 17 July.
We climbed to the top of the shingle bank and saw two surfers in trouble. Along with others, we stood watching the absolutely heroic...
Category: Articles
Lord Killanin a Vice-President of the Rnll In Ireland With (R) Coxswain Thomas Walsh and (I) Acting Motor Mechanic John Devereux of Kilmore Quay for His Leaders
Lord Killanin, a vice-president of the RNLl in Ireland, with (r.) Coxswain Thomas Walsh and (I.) Acting Motor Mechanic John Devereux of Kilmore Quay. For his leadership, determination and exceptional courage when Kilmore Quay's 37'... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
At Wells Norfolk a Road Has Been Named After Coxswain Theodore Neilsen Who Was a Famous Wartime Coxswain In 1942 for Example He Searched a Sinking Lancaste
by courtesy of the 'Eastern Daily Press' At Wells, Norfolk, a road has been named after Coxswain Theodore Neilsen who was a famous wartime coxswain.
In 1942, for example, he searched a sinking Lancaster bomber for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs