LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Canberra Aircraft
Blackpool and Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire ; Llandudno, Caernarvon- shire ; and Rhyl, Flintshire. Between three o'clock and 3.15 on the afternoon of the 9th of October, 1958, the hon- orary secretaries and coxswains of the life-boat...
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ESCORT FOR FISHING VESSEL WITH ENGINE BREAKDOWN Rhyl, Flintshire. At 1.20 on the afternoon of the 7th February, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel appeared in difficulties about a quarter of a mile off...
Life-Boat Services Round the Coasts
MARCH No. 1 Life-boat Area Wick, Caithness - At 8.52 p.m. on 27th March, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a trawler had grounded hard and fast on the Louther Skerries. At 9.10 the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1959
5 Shoreham Harbour .. S.S. Panaghia Date 1959 Jan.
Feb.
1 Humber 1 Dungeness 1 Hastings 1 Newcastle, Co. Down 2 Poole 2 Arranmore 3 Margate 4 Moelfre 4 Stornoway 6 Barra Island 7 Yarmouth, I.o.W...
Category: Services
The Fund Raisers
Kipling in the Borders On Saturday March 9 The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh kindly allowed their home, Floors Castle in the Borders, to be the magnificent setting for a Kipling evening organised by the Honourable Mrs Henry Douglas-Home and...
Category: Articles
Foreign Medals
The Norwegian Government awarded silver life-saving medals to Mr. E.
SELBY DAVIDSON, honorary secretary at Tynemouth, COXSWAIN GEORGE LISLE, of Tynemouth, W. JOHNSON, the motor mechanic and BART TAYLOR,...
Category: Medals
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
CADGWITH, CORNWALL.—At midnight, on the 13th January, 1868, a light being observed on or near the Vrogue Rocks, in a strong wind from the W.S.W., and a heavy ground sea, the Western Commercial Traveller life-boat was despatched to as-...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats In January, February and March, 1955. 63 Lives Rescued
JANUARY DURIXG January life-boats were launched 41 times and rescued 37 lives.
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY FISHING FLEET Anstruther, Fifeshire.—Oil the after- noon of the 3rd of January, 1955, the wind freshened, and at...
Category: Services
RNLI News
Lt Cdr Brian Miles, the Director of the RNLI, was awarded a CBE in the New Year's honours list in recognition of his service to the Institution.
Cdr Miles joined the RNLI in 1964 as Assistant Inspector of Lifeboats in...
Category: Articles
Books
• John Kennedy served as honorary secretary at the Lytham lifeboat station from 1951 to 1976 and from this position he was able to observe every facet of the life of the station. He has now put pen to paper and the result is one of the most...
Category: Articles