LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Second Coxswain Victor Pitman of Weymouth (Centre) With the Crew Who Sailed With Him on Thursday October 14 1976: (1 to R) Emergency Mechanic Eric Pavey Crew
Second Coxswain Victor Pitman of Weymouth (centre), with the crew who sailed with him on Thursday, October 14, 1976: (1. to r.) Emergency Mechanic Eric Pavey, Crew Members Bertie Legge and Bernard Wills, Motor Mechanic Derek Sargent, and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of Life-Boats
BRIDLINGTON. — On the 22nd of March last, at 3 A.M., the wind blowing strong from E.N.E. at the time,' and a heavy sea running, signals of distress were observed from Bridlington Quay on board the schooner Albion, which had on the...
Category: Services
Services of Life-Boats
'-On the 8th of April the brigantine Cebufg, of Whitby , ran ashore in an E.S.E. gale near Bridlington Quay.
The Bridlington life-boat belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was immediately launched, and...
Category: Services
The 44Ft Waveney Introduced from the Us Coast Guard In 1964 Was the First of the Rnli's Fast Afloat Boats the Us Coast Guard 44Ft Steel Motor Lifeboat Seen Here Is Out Ofquillyute Lifeboat Sta
The 44ft Waveney, introduced from the US Coast Guard in 1964, was the first of the RNLI's fast afloat boats. The US Coast Guard 44ft steel motor lifeboat seen here is out ofQuillyute lifeboat station. Lapush. Washington. photograph by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Letters
'There is another type of courage...
...the stoic acceptance of wives, husbands, partners and parents who never know whether their loved ones will return from a shout.'Another special kind of courage The courage of...
Category: Correspondence
(Below) the Fishing Vessel Boy Andrew Sinks As She Is Towed
(Below) The fishing vessel Boy Andrew sinks as she is towed clear by a powerful trawler and Soldian closes in. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
SOUTH/MIDLANDS/EAST: Community news
West Bridgford
YOUNG FUNDRAISER RECOGNISED
Fourteen-year-old Luke Jenkins has been helping to save lives at sea for most of his life. As a baby,
his mother Aisling carried him in a sling on an...
Category: Articles
The Cypriot Coaster Primrose
Hurricane in Straits of Dover DOVER STRAIT COASTGUARD received a Mayday call at 2204 on Monday, December 1, 1975, from the 1,199-ton phosphate loaded Cypriot coaster Primrose indicating loss of steering gear in a position some 3 miles east...
Inlland Rover
Llandudno, with its hillclimbing trams and snowless ski slope, is something of a wonderland. So it may come as no surprise that the lifeboat station is in a rather unusual place and needs a tractor and Land Rover to tow the lifeboats half a...
Category: Articles
The Annual Meeting
THE annual meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 20th of March, 1953, with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., K.B.E., chairman of the Committee of Management, in the chair.
H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Presi- dent...
Category: Meetings