LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Deaths It is with regret that we report the following deaths Marjofie Berry Falmouth guild president Hugh Bryan Chew Valley branch former chairman Henry 'Shrimp' Davies Former Cromer coxswain (see right) Andrew Forbes Former...

by courtesy of] [Manchester Evening News Hats off to 18-year-old model Stephanie Harrison, one of the models at the R.N.L.I.

fashion show held at Owens Park, Fallowfield, in March, 1968. The hatless coxswains are (left to... - View image in PDF

HM The Queen visits Fraserburgh station Monday 22 June was a proud day for Fraserburgh as HM The Queen toured the town's lifeboat station.

In her capacity as Patron of the RNLI, she received a cheque for £305,613,...

CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—At about one o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, 1st October, 1882, the brigantine Eugenie Auguste, of Castletown, bound for that port from Runcorn with a cargo of coal, was observed to be labouring heavily and...

CAPSIZED DINGHY TOWED IN Torbay, Devon. At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 21st June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized about a quarter of a mile east of Berry Head and that a sailing yawl...

At the wheel is Coxswain William Johnston.. - View image in PDF

SEATON CAREW, DURHAM.—The schooner | Cynthia, of Montrose, was being towed out of the Tees on the 5th April, 1871, when ' the tow-rope parting, she grounded on the North Gare Sandbank. A strong wind from the E.N.E. was blowing at the...

Porthcawl On Saturday September 3, 1983, Porthcawl lifeboat station held the handing over ceremony and service of dedication for its new D class inflatable lifeboat, provided by Mrs Joan Middleton in memory of her husband, Donald Rigley...