LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mrs Topsy Levan Honorary Secretary of Kew Branch Clad In Oilskins and Armed With a Loudhailer Collects for the Rnli at the Foot of Kew Pier Where Countless Holiday Ma
Mrs Topsy Levan, honorary secretary of Kew branch, clad in oilskins and armed with a loudhailer, collects for the RNLI at the foot of Kew Pier, where countless holiday makers disembark after trips up the Thames. Last summer she raised more... - View image in PDF
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An Aeroplane (111)
JULY 31ST. - THE LIZARD, CORN-WALL. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but when the life-boat reached the position given she found naval boats searching, and after a time returned to her station. - Rewards, £14...
(Left) One Day Last Summer Senior Crew Members
(left) One day last summer senior crew members from Brought}' Ferry, Stonehaven, Aberdeen and Peterhead visited Bristow Helicopters' Aberdeen base, which serves the Forties and Brent offshore oil fields. Bristows Senior Aircrewman... - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Punta
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands.—At 6.45 on the morning of the 22nd of July, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had gone aground on a reef near the Seven Stones lightship. At 7.10 the life-boat Cunard was...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, Tor the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions.
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The S.S. Flamma
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 9.18 on the morning of the 4th of February, 1951, the Gorleston coast- guard reported that the S.S. Flamma had sent a message asking for a doctor.
At 10.10 the...
Final Combined Exercise Between Raf Chivenor Air Station and Appledore Lifeboat Off Croyde Beach August 1 1974: the Last of the Pilots Is Lifted from the Sea
Final combined exercise between RAF Chivenor air station and Appledore lifeboat, off Croyde Beach, August 1, 1974: the last of the pilots is lifted from the sea.. - View image in PDF
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The Norwegan Barque Tamworth
On the 30th October the services of this life-boat were again called into requisition.
The Norwegian barque Tamworth having grounded on the Trunk Hill Bank, 3 miles from the shore, the wind blowing a perfect hurricane at...
The S.S. Etna
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At four o'clock on the morning of the 19th of January, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Etna, of Stock- holm, had wirelessed that she had gone aground on the Skerrinoe Rocks off the east coast...
An Aeroplane (25)
OCT. 18TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane was reported to hare fallen into the sea in flames, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £15 7s. 6d..