LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Stretched to breaking point
In near gale force winds, a large crabbing boat lost engine power and was drifting close to an offshore gas rig. Unable to anchor, due to underwater pipelines, she needed a tow to safety
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First Rescue Ever from a Hovercraft
ON the 17th September, 1962, a service of a unique kind was carried out when for the first time a rescue was effected by life-boat from a hovercraft. The hovercraft was the first to be used on public service in this country and operated...
Category: Services
Kasam
THE LIFEBOAT B class Atlantic 75 lifeboat B-742 Douglas Paley Funding: A gift from Mrs Evelyn Anne Paley, in memory of her late husband Air Commodore Douglas Paley THE CREW Helmsman Gary Stanbury Crew Members Andrew Hallet and Martin Davis...
A Broadcast from Walmer to America
IN July, 1948, Coxswain Frederick Upton, of Walmer, recorded a talk for the National Broadcasting System of Ke y York, to be broadcast in America.
"Hullo, America! "This is Freddy Upton, coxswain of the Walmer...
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Rescue
rescue Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from 2007 from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. See pages 20–27 for rescues marked . 1 freeD frOm rOPeS aS water riSeS A...
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IRB Launches (1)
SOUTH-EASTERN DISTRICT Rescues by IRBs in April were undertaken by the following stations: Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 11.54 a.m. on i8th April, 1966, while the IRB was being exercised with the district inspector on board, the crew were...
Category: Services
Crew of Arklow Lifeboat Inbhear Mor Whose Service to Mv Gansey on December 221955 Was the Longest for the Institution During the Winter Months of 1955/56: C May
Crew of Arklow lifeboat Inbhear Mor, whose service to MV Gansey on December 22,1955, was the longest for the Institution during the winter months of 1955/56: C. May, M. Fitzgerald, Bill Kenny, Motor Mechanic John Hayes, Coxswain Peter Kenny,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Century Life-Boat Day In London: The Duchess of Norfolk and Some of Her Helpers In the City
Century Life-Boat Day In London: The Duchess of Norfolk and Some of Her Helpers In The City. - View image in PDF
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Launch of Bembridge Lifeboat the 48Ft 6In Solent Jack Shayler and the Lees Photograph By Courtesy of Hms Daedalus
Launch of Bembridge lifeboat, the 48ft 6in Solent Jack Shayler and the Lees, photograph by courtesy of HMS Daedalus. - View image in PDF
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(Bram Stoker Created the Infamous Character of Count Dracula and Wrote the Well-Known Novel While In Whitby)
(Bram Stoker created the infamous character of Count Dracula and wrote the well-known novel while in Whitby.) (Photo Whitby Gazette). - View image in PDF
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