LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Norman Forster
Three men and disabled pilot boat saved in Severe Gale and 20ft seas The rescue of three men aboard the pilot vessel Norman Forster in severe gale force winds and very heavy seas has earned Coxswain John Johnston of the Eyemouth lifeboat the...
From a Boy of Eight
THE following letter has come from a boy, eight years old, living in Derby- shire, with a postal order for eight shillings :— " DEAR SIR,—I had a sale and got 8s.
I love the sea.
" Yours truly,...
Category: Donations
Lifeboat Services
North Western Division MFV on lee shore AT 2350 ON JUNE 8, 1974, Edwin B.
Brown, an ILB crew member at New Brighton, Merseyside, was told that a fishing boat appeared to be aground on a lee shore in Rock Channel. He...
Category: Services
Some Ways of Raising Money
Time and time again comes the news that a branch or guild has passed all its previous achievements. There is Swansea which, with special efforts for Jubilee year, raised a record of £3,214. Then, at Lymington, the branch and guild...
Category: Donations
Scotia of Sunderland
At noon on the 28th May, the brig Scotia, of Sunderland, with flag of distress flying and mainmast gone, was ob- served in Gorton Roads, the wind blowing a hard gale from W.N.W. all the time. The Lowestoft life-boat was quickly launched, and...
An Aeroplane (24)
JUNE 13TH. - NEWQUAY CORNWALL.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled, as the men had been saved. - Rewards, £11 17s. 6d..
Notes of the Quarter
IN a world in which good news tends more and more to be excluded from the front pages of newspapers, it is gratifying to be able to record that the R.N.L.I.'s record last year was one of consistent and outstanding success. The number of...
Category: Articles
Three of the 17 Men to Win Medals for Gallantry on Service to Nafsiporos: Coxswain Richard Evans of Moelfre (Gold) Lt Commander Harold Harvey (Gold) and Coxsw
Three of the 17 men to win medals for gallantry on service to Nafsiporos: Coxswain Richard Evans of Moelfre gold), Lt. Commander Harold Harvey (gold), and Coxswain Thomas Alcock of Holy head silver).
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Category: Photographs
Marine Search and Rescue Organisation
THE report of the committee set up to review the Marine Search and Rescue Organisation of the United Kingdom has now been published. Its publication was reported briefly in certain newspapers, but had little editorial...
Category: Articles
Our Man In Towcester
Our man in Towcester Despite suffering a stroke some 10 years ago, wheelchair bound Colin Baldry remains as the RNLI's 'man in Towcester'. Colin, pictured here with Mrs Dora Gamble on Towcester flag day last year, does not get... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs