LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To DAVID Mum, on his retirement, after serving 22 years as Coxswain, 7 years as Second Coxswain and 5 years as Bowman of the Girvan Life-boat, a Certificate of Service and a Pension.
To JOHN WM. PARKINSON, on his retirement...
Category: Awards
Armistice Day, 11th November
The crew of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston motor life-boat, with the vicar of Gorleston, about to embark for the service in memory of those who lost their lives at sea in the great war. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Day Dawn, of Lerwick
Lerwick, Shetlands - At 10.58 p.m.
on 8th May, 1967, it was reported that the motor fishing vessel Day Dawn of Lerwick had broken down off Bard Head, Bressay, and was in danger of being driven on to the rocks. The life-boat...
(Right) the Day Itself:
(right) The day itself: Some of the Bottle Stall team ready for action, (I. to r.) Mrs Meg Myerscough, Mrs Ann Daly, Patrick McLarnon, Mrs Zita Mulhern and Mrs Gaby Mooney..
Category: Articles
Fun Day Launch
The David Lloyd club in Birmingham held a fun day during the Spring, raising £250 for RNLI Birmingham branch.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
National Day of Prayer.
A hospital at Stranmillis, Belfast, the Garrison Church at Larkhill, Wiltshire, and churches in Cornwall, Northamptonshire, Lancashire and Gloucestershire, sent to the Life-boat Service the special collections which they nude on September...
Category: Articles
A Spitfire Aeroplane
NOVEMBER 30TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
During the afternoon several Spitfire aeroplanes were flying near Barmouth, and at 3.40 P.M. the life-boat coxswain saw one of them dive into the sea.
Twenty...
No Small Tempest Lay on Us
AT a life-boat service held at Lande- wednack Parish Church, and attended by the crews of the Lizard, Cadgwith and Coverack life-boats, on 22nd August, 1954, a diocesan lay reader took as his text Acts 27 verse 20: And when neither sun nor...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services
South East Division Speedboat AT 1734 on Bank Holiday Monday, August 1986, the crews of Sheerness' 44ft Waveney and 16ft D class inflatable lifeboats were alerted by the duty officer at the Medway Port Office, following reports from...
Category: Services