LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The 26-feet Auxiliary Yawl Shona
Lytham St. Annes.—At six o'clock in the evening of the 22nd of June, 1952, a resident telephoned that a yacht was aground on the south side of the Riddle Estuary. It could be seen that she was dried out close up to the South Training...
First Launch for the Four Boys
At 1030 on 28 November 1991, Sennen Cove's new Mersey class lifeboat The Four Boys, the first Mersey to be allocated to a slipway station, sped down the slipway on its first launch at its new home.. - View image in PDF
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The Prime Minister -•- and An Onion.
A gift of two pounds has come from the recreation club of a motor works.
It was raised by the sale of a model of the Prime Minister and — an onion..
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Service In 1935. The Busiest Year for Nineteen Years
The Busiest Year for Nineteen Years.
THE year 1935 was for the life-boat service the busiest for nineteen years.
There were 378 launches of life-boats to vessels in distress. To find a larger number one...
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The Ketch Sualidaz Under Tow By the New Fab 3 Prototype Off Portland Bill the Service Was the First Carried Out By the New Boat Which Was on Familiarisation Trials
The ketch Sualidaz under tow by the new FAB 3 prototype off Portland Bill. The service was the first carried out by the new boat, which was on familiarisation trials at the time. - View image in PDF
(Photo Stuart Welford). - View image in PDF
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Borth: Helmsman Ronald Davies Was Accorded the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum for the Rescue on August 18 of Two People Trapped By the Tide at the Fo
Borth: Helmsman Ronald Davies was accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum for the rescue on August 18 of two people trapped by the tide at the foot of cliffs. The photograph shows the area at low tide: x marks the position... - View image in PDF
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Wreck and Rescue In the Bristol Channel
Wreck and Rescue in the Bristol Channel by Grahame Farr (D. Bradford Barton Ltd., Truro, 305.) tells in the first of two volumes the story of the English life- boats in those waters.
Of the life-boat stations detailed in...
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Lifeboat Crew Pick the Winning Few
Right Crew members draw the winners for the 83rd national lifeboat lottery assisted by Julia Fish, lottery development officer.. - View image in PDF
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The Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Ladies' Guild
The Great Yarmouth and Gorleston ladies' guild held their annual lifeboat ball at the Ocean Room, Gorleston-on-Sea. Among the 530 guests were Lt Cdr Brian Miles, director of the RNLI, accompanied by his wife Anne, together with the Mayor... - View image in PDF
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The Latvian Steamer Taut Mila (1)
JANUARY 29TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, AND CROMER, NORFOLK.
News was received at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston that an open boat containing sixteen survivors from the Latvian steamer Taut Mila, which had been damaged...