LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Left) Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse a 52Ft Barnett Lifeboat Stationed at Plymouth from 1952 to 1974 for Her Service to Merc Enterprise An January 16 1974 Co
(Left) Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse, a 52ft Barnett lifeboat stationed at Plymouth from 1952 to 1974. For her service to Merc Enterprise an January 16, 1974, Coxswain John Dare was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In Support of the Mountbatten of Burma Appeal D Flight of Wrap Training Squadron Raf Hereford Who Had Taken Part In the Earl's Funeral Service Presented a Cheque to Glyn Williams Dos
In support of the Mountbatten of Burma appeal, D flight of WRAP Training Squadron, RAF Hereford, who had taken part in the Earl's funeral service, presented a cheque to Glyn Williams, DOS Wales, on the day of their passing out parade;... - View image in PDF
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Eric Tevison, a Medical Student of Wanstead, and Jennifer Jackson of Chigwell Cycled By Tandem from John O''Groats to Lands End to Raise Funds for the RNLI In 'The
Eric Tevison, a medical student of Wanstead, and Jennifer Jackson of Chigwell cycled by tandem from John O''Groats to Lands End to raise funds for the RNLI in 'The Year of the Lifeboat'.
Despite high winds,... - View image in PDF
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Margaret Davis, of Girvan
On the 26th October, the smack Margaret Davis, of Girvan, was totally wrecked on a reef of boulder-stones, a short distance south of the harbour of that place, during a gale of wind. The crew expected to get her off, but the gale increas-...
Dagmar, of Middlesborough
Early on the morning of the 17th June, signals of distress were observed from the yacht Dagmar, of Middlesborough, lying in the Roads off Redcar, in which she had taken refuge the previous evening. It was blowing fresh from the north, and...
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 2 November show that so far during 1990: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 3,594 times (an average of more than 9 launches a day) More than 1,190 lives were saved (an average of nearly 3...
Category: Articles
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 24 May 1995 show that so far during 1995: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 1,004 times (an average of more than 7 launches a day) 274 lives were saved (an average of 2 a day) Some 11% of...
Category: Articles
The Author With Amy Strath and (/) May Mcmaster Mbe Miss Strath Has Only Recently Retired from the Position of Assistant National Organiser After 36 Years of Exemp
The author with Amy Strath and (/.) May McMaster, MBE. Miss Strath has only recently retired from the position of assistant national organiser, after 36 years of exemplary service in the Institution's Dublin office. Mrs McMaster is... - View image in PDF
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Life-Boat Sevices
FOUR BOATS AND CREWS SAVED IN deteriorating weather conditions on 8th November, 1971, the 70-foot steel life-boat Grace Paterson Ritchie, stationed at Kirkwall, Orkney, went to the aid of the Danish fishing vessel Clupea which had broken...
Category: Services
The R.N.L.I. Has Built Up Over 140 Years a Major Collection of Life-Boat Photographs and Illustrations. But Life-Boat Crews In Hazardous Conditions Seldom Get the Chance to Take Photographs. Som
The R.N.L.I. has built up over 140 years a major collection of life-boat photographs and illustrations. But life-boat crews in hazardous conditions seldom get the chance to take photographs. Sometimes the R.A.F. photographs lifeboats on... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs