LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Mayor of Poole Councillor Peter Coles
The Mayor of Poole, Councillor Peter Coles, has chosen the lifeboat service as the charity for his year of office, giving it his personal, and very active support. He is seen here with the Mayoress, Mrs Coles, at a buffet dance at Poole Arts... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Airy Fairy, Billy Whizz and Broadaxe
Three yachts saved PARTICIPANTS IN THE Isle of Man's round the island race in May found themselves contending with a south-south-westerly gale and very high seas. It was at 2240 on the night of Sunday May 25, 1986, when the honorary...
Jersey Channel Islands November 17 1987:
JF.RSKY, Channel Islands, November 17, 1987: Helmsman Tony Able, on board St Catharine's C class inflatable lifeboat, towing home the States Fire Service Zodiac inflatable rescue craft which had become swamped and suffered engine failure... - View image in PDF
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St. Mary's, Scilly.—The motor lifeboat Cunard was launched at 3.50 P.M.
on the 26th July, as the Bishop Rock lighthouse was making flag and rocket signals, but, owing to the misty weather, the flags could not be read. A...
Waterbird
Portrush, Co. Antrim. — On the night of the 16th February the lifeboat motor mechanic saw red flares, and heard shouting in the Skerrie roads, East Bay. There was no wind, and the sea was smooth, but the weather was thick. The motor lifeboat...
Useful
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—The Lifeboat Mary Isabella was launched at 6 P.M. on the 29th January in a strong S.S.E. gale and heavy sea and succeeded in saving the crew of four hands of the schooner Useful of Barrow-in-Furness from a position of...
Apache
Margate, Kent. At 12.31 a.m. on 3rd May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small vessel, situated about one mile north of Whiteness and half mile east of "Longnose" buoy, was flashing a white light. The...
To Mark the Retirement of John Owen Who Had Been Honorary Secretary of Rhyl for 25 Years Following 22 Years Previous Service Rhyl Motor Mechanic Peter Adams
To mark the retirement of John Owen, who had been honorary secretary of Rhyl for 25 years following 22 years previous service, Rhyl motor mechanic, Peter Adams, named the model 48' 6" Solent lifeboat he had made John M. Owen and put... - View image in PDF
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Jersey Post Office
JERSEY CENTEMRY Six famous rescues are immortalised by Jersey Artist Gerald Palmer in this dramatic set of stamps commemorating the R.N.L.I. Jersey Lifeboat Station Centenary.
ISSUE DATE 1st JUNE 1984 The Jersey Post Office...
Category: Advertisement
Eyemouth's
Unmistakable, despite the Tarn o'Shanter disguise, Ronnie Corbett takes the helm of Eyemouth's Waveney class lifeboat which brought him to Eyemouth to open the ladies' guild's first ever gala last August. It was linked to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs