LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bonita
Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 7.45 oil the evening of the 7th of July, 1957. the Penmon coastguard telephoned to say a flare had been seen between Great Ormes Head and Puffin Island. The life-boat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts was launched at 8.10...
Josse
Crew overboard during yacht rescue The Thanks of the Institution on Vellum has been awarded to helmsman Duane Brown of Walmer lifeboat after the rescue of three Belgians from their yacht Josse,aground on the Goodwin Sands, in strong winds...
Notes of the Quarter By the Editor
THE RNLI'S ACCOUNTS for 1975 are not complete at the time of going to press, hut it is certain that expenditure will have exceeded income. In other words there w i l l he a deficit which will have to he made good.
The...
Category: Articles
Open House
Although visitors are always welcome at its Poole headquarters and depot, the RNLI makes a special effort every two years, throwing the whole site open to visitors for two days and putting on displays and demonstrations to illustrate its...
Category: Articles
Naming Ceremonies: Macduff and Swanage
DESPITE COLD NORTH-EAST WINDS Straight off the sea, hundreds of people gathered at the Fishmarket, Macduff, on Saturday April 3, for the naming of the station's 48' 6" Solent lifeboat Douglas Currie.
She was...
Category: Inaugurations
The Fundraisers
Palmer 'ands it over Easterners' dodgy geezer George Palmer (aka actor Paul Moriarty) presented a cheque to crew members of Brighton lifeboat in March. The presentation was held at the local pub, Spanish Lady, and was the result of a...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat People
We are happy to announce that the following lifeboat people were awarded the Queen's Silver Jubilee medals: Major General Ralph H. Farrant, CB, Chairman, RNLI, L. A. Austin, chief personnel officer, RNLI, A. W. Neal, deputy secretary...
Category: Articles
Salver-er-Bed
Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 10.19 on the night of the 12th of July, 1956, a representative of Messrs. MacBrayne Ltd., Port Ellen, telephoned to say that a French trawler was in diffi- culties off Ardbeg. Conflicting in- formation had been...
Canoes and Audrey
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. — At 10.40 on the morning of the 21st of July, 1957, the life-boat Rachel and Mary Evans was launched to stand by during the Bristol Channel canoe race between Weston-super-Mare and Barry. In the early afternoon...
Shellduck
Hastings, Sussex. At 1.50 on the afternoon of the 22nd of July, 1960, the life-boat mechanic asked the coastguard to keep a catamaran under observation.
As the weather was becoming rapidly worse and the boat could not be...