LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution (continued.)
BALLYWALTER, Co. DOWN.— On the evening of the 4th April, 1881, informa- tion was brought from the Coastguard Station that the Bell Buoy, a vessel which is placed about two miles off the shore to warn vessels off the Stullmartin Reef, had...
Category: Services
Annual Awards 1980
The Maud Smith Award for the most outstanding act of lifesaving during 1981 has been made to Coxswain Michael Scales of St Peter Port for the rescue on December 13 of 29 of the crew of the motor vessel Bonita, listing to 45 degrees in the...
Category: Awards
H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, K.G., at Blackpool
At the naming ceremony of the new motor life-boat. With the Duke are the Mayor and Alderman. Tatham,. Honorary Secretary of the Station.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Duke of Edinburgh Opens New Life-Boat Station
THE new life-boat station at the Lizard- Cadgwith was formally opened by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, who is himself a member of the Committee of Management of the Institution, on the 7th July, 1961. His Royal Highness also named the new...
Category: Inaugurations
Norman Forster
Three men and disabled pilot boat saved in Severe Gale and 20ft seas The rescue of three men aboard the pilot vessel Norman Forster in severe gale force winds and very heavy seas has earned Coxswain John Johnston of the Eyemouth lifeboat the...
Barrus
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It proves it! If you're considering buying an outboard, whatever the size, you'll have noticed that almost every manufacturer promises greater reliability as an...
Category: Advertisement
June
Launches 29. Lives rescued 9.
JUNE 3RD. - NEW BRIGHTON , CHESHIRE. At 9.30 A.M. the coxswain was informed that the fishing boat Speedwell, of New Brighton, had broken from her moorings and gone aground between the Perch...
Category: Services
Second Coxswain Keith Bower Torbay: 'When We Got Down Off the Shore a Little Bit We "Tacked" Putting the Wind First on One Bow and Then on the Other'
Second Coxswain Keith Bower, Torbay: 'When we got down off the shore a little bit we "tacked", putting the wind first on one bow and then on the other'.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Smaller of the Two Norwegian Boats Ragni Berg Stood By a Dutch Yacht In Trouble Off Esbjerg on Her Passage from Norway Photograph By Courtesy of Dag Pike
The smaller of the two Norwegian boats, Ragni Berg, stood by a Dutch yacht in trouble off Esbjerg on her passage from Norway. - View image in PDF
Photograph by courtesy of Dag Pike. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Mayor of Ferndown (R) Encounters Members of the Local Branch Modelling Teacosies on Sale at Their Christmas Bazaar the Event Raised £354 and Included a Tombola Beauty Corner Stalls
The Mayor of Ferndown (r.) encounters members of the local branch modelling teacosies on sale at their Christmas bazaar. The event raised £354 and included a tombola, beauty corner, stalls and a Father... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs