LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Legacies Provide a Wide Range of Vital Equipment, (All Shown Above(
Legacies large or small can provide a wide range of vital equipment, whether it be a £2.000 GPS satellite navigator, a £13,000 electronic chan system, a bump cap at £7 (all shown abovelorad.175.000 Trent class lifeboat (below/... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Dorothy Ewart,
Mrs Dorothy Ewart, vice president of the Dover ladies lifeboat guild from 1981 until her death in her 97th year. Mrs Ewart was a vice chairman from 1965 to 1974 and chairman from 1974 to 1981. She was awarded the silver badge in...
Category: Obituaries
The Sharp End
Launching a D class from an open beach can be a very wet business -this is Withernsea's inflatable on the wrong end of a dumping breaker. And this is just the beginning of a lifeboat service…. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ciaran Doyle
Bronze Medal Ciaran Doyle of the Garcia Underwater Unit for the long and ardous service m which three casualties were rescued from a cave off Horse Island, near Ballyglass in severe conditions - see this issue of The Lifeboat for a full... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Frederick Upton,
Frederick Upton, coxswain of Walmer lifeboat from 1945 to 1962. He joined the crew in 1938, serving as bowman from 1941 to 1942 and second coxswain from 1942 until his appointment as coxswain.
He was awarded a Silver medal...
Category: Obituaries
A Tank Landing Craft
NOVEMBER 6TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
A tank landing craft had gone ashore, but the water was too shallow for the lifeboat to get near. Eventually the crew of the landing craft were able to walk ashore.- Rewards, £17...
A Steamer (22)
JULY 15TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
A steamer was reported to have been bombed and sunk by enemy aeroplanes, but the lifeboat found nothing except a patch of oil.
Another vessel picked up an injured man in a...
A beautiful morning
This view of the Cornish sunrise was taken from Penlee’s Severn class lifeboat Ivan Ellen on 12 October 2008. The crew were returning to shore with a 15m fishing vessel in tow. The Sowenna had suffered steering failure 5 miles south of her...
Category: Articles
Caught by conditions
3 September 2011: Porthcawl’s B class lifeboat Rose of the Shires was called out to rescue two kayakers who’d got caught out by a sudden change in conditions. The crew had just finished a fundraising bike ride when they got the...
Category: Articles
The Argentinian Warship Candida de Lasala
Despite injury FAIRLIGHT COASTGUARD informed the Hastings deputy launching authority at 1120 on December 23, 1974, that there had been an explosion on board the Argentinian warship Candida de Lasala and medical help was needed. Maroons were...