LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Royal Air Force Launch No. 1653
Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 4.1 on the afternoon of the 28th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Royal Air Force launch No. 1653 had broken down off Jurby Head. At 4.15 the life-boat Thomas Corbett was launched...
Notes of the Quarter By Patrick Howarth
FOR THE FIRST TIME for ten years and only the sixth time since the end of World War II 32 years ago the RNLI's gold medal for gallantry has been awarded.
The service which earned Keith Bower of Torbay this...
Category: Articles
Balloons Being Launched During the Large Scale R.N.L.I, Competition at the End of Last Year.
Compiled by Grahame Farr with the help of members of the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society 1—Which life-boat station is farthest from the shore? 2—Where are old life-boat houses now used as (a) a library, and (b] an aquarium? 3—Which... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cromer (1)
CROMER, NORFOLK On the 26th October, 1941, the Cromer life-boat rescued the forty-four survivors of the crew of the S.S. English Trader, of London.
COXSWAIN HENRY G. BLOGG was awarded a third clasp to his silver...
Category: Medals
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
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Category: Medals
The Chief Inspector of Life-Boats
COMMANDER E. D. DRURY, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., the chief inspector of life-boats, will retire, under the age limit, on 31st December, 1938, and will be succeeded as chief inspector b)' Lieut.-Commander P. E. Vaux, D.S.C., R.N., the...
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Hoots Man: the Crew of Kirkcudbright Lifeboat
Hoots man: The crew of Kirkcudbright lifeboat Mary Pullman, on exercise with a helicopter from a nearby RAF Rescue Squadron, got the surprise of their lives when, after the usual drills, the winch came down once more, bearing a piper in full... - View image in PDF
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Launch of the Whitby New Life-Boat
Launch of the Whitby New Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Motor House-Boat Haste Away
Margate, Kent. — At 1.58 on the afternoon of the llth of July, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel appeared to be drifting towards the Longsands about ten miles north of Margate. Two minutes later the life-boat North Foreland,...