LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Tordensk Jold, of Bergen
MARCH 15TH. - MONTROSE, ANGUS.
During the morning the S.S. Tordensk Jold, of Bergen, was seen to be in difficulties, and to anchor in a dangerous position, two miles north of Scurdyness. At noon the No. 1 motor life-boat...
Mrs Jean Woosnam
Mrs Jean Woosnam, honorary secretary of Wilmslow Branch since 1976. She was awarded a silver badge in 1988..
Category: Obituaries
Put Him Down!
Put him down! Warwick ladies' guild committee member, Joan Gill (right) and Central England regional manager, Judith Feeney, have to make do with a dummy lifeboatman as Central Region has no lifeboat stations of its... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Jean and Barbara
Filey, Yorkshire. — During the late afternoon of the 30th of January, 1948, anxiety was felt for the safety of the local fishing coble Jean and Barbara, which was overdue, with a crew of three, and at 5.23 the motor life-boat The Cuttle was...
Three Triumphant Waves from (I to R) Dawn Moore Her Husband Jon and Maggie
Three triumphant waves from (I to r) Dawn Moore, her husband Jon and Maggie Annat. They have just completed a remarkable 22 week circumnavigation of Britain by canoe. All three are instructors at Outward Bound Wales at Aberdovey and Dawn and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Matra
NOV. 13TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 6.54 P.M. a messagc was received from the coastguard that a vessel was burning flares near the Tongue Light-vessel. A fresh S.W.
breeze was blowing. The sea was smooth.
At...
Glad Tidings and Radiant Morn
Amble, Northumberland.—At 1.32 on the afternoon of the 1st of June, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that thefishing boat Glad Tidings had left Druridge Bay for Amble, but that conditions on the Amble harbour bar were dangerous. At 2.17...
Mrs Frances MacFarlane
February 1988 Mrs Frances MacFarlane, donor of the ex-Aith lifeboat The John and Frances MacFarlane..
Category: Obituaries
Virgo Cuts the Ribbon
Snooker celebrity John Virgo took time out of his busy schedule in April to support the RNLI in Plymouth.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Town Remembers:
A town remembers: Harry Bamber, Ken Smith, bearing the RNLI standard, and David Topping of Lytham lifeboat crew are followed by their Coxswain Arthur Wignall (I) and Helmsman Edward Brown of New Brighton in the procession on July 27, 1986,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs