LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The New 70-Foot Steel Life-Boat Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35) Picking Up Three People from a Drifting Dinghy Off the Mumbles, Glamorganshire In June, 1966
The new 70-foot steel life-boat Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35) picking up three people from a drifting dinghy off The Mumbles, Glamorganshire, in June, 1966.
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Category: Photographs
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Flamborough and Filey, Yorkshire - At 3.20 p.m. on 9th May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a youth had fallen over the cliff about two miles north west of the life-boat station. The IRB stationed at Filey was...
Bertha Jane
FISHING BOAT WITH FOULED PROPELLER Stromness, Orkneys.—At 4.27 in the afternoon of January 27th, 1947, a fishing boat was seen making distress signals near the Kirk Rocks in Hoy Sound. The breeze, from the south- west, was light, but...
A Bronze Medal Service By the Stromness Motor Life-Boat
ON the 1st January the Motor Life-boat at Stromness, in the Orkneys, performed a fine service which illustrates very clearly the value of motor-power. At 9.15 A.M. the news was received at Stromness from Birsay that a vessel was in distress...
Category: Medals
Listings
Listings Miss Betty arrives at Crosshaven Ireland's 42nd lifeboat station opened on 19 October 2002 and her new boat was welcomed to the RNLI fleet. Crosshaven has until now been served by Ballycotton to the east or Courtmacsherry to the...
Category: Articles
Golden Charter
GOLDEN CHARTER FUNERAL PLANS THE ONLY FUNERAL PLAN RECOMMENDED BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF ALUED & INDEPENDENT FUNERAL DIRECTORS OUR CHILDREN PROBABLY WONT WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS HAVE YOU EVER tried to speak to your Once you've paid...
Category: Advertisement
Services of Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
TORQUAY, DEVONSHIRE.—On the 2nd May a large four-masted barque was observed at anchor in Torbay flying a signal for assistance. The Coastguard reported the matter to the Harbour Master, and within a quarter of an hour of the crew being...
Category: Services
Martin Ruddy Awarded the Bronze Medal for Gallantry and An Inscribed Wristwatch Was Presented With the Watch at Last October's National Scout Regatta By P Denham
Martin Ruddy, awarded the bronze medal for gallantry and an inscribed wristwatch, was presented with the watch at last October's National Scout Regatta by P. Denham Christie, a vice president of the RNLI.
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Category: Photographs
During His Years As President of the RNLI the Prince of Wales Named Three Life-Boats the First Being at Yarmouth Isle of Wight'
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'During his years as President of the R.N.L.I., the Prince of Wales named three life-boats, the first being at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fred Walkington (I) and Brian Bevan Fred Walkington Joined Bridling Ton Lifeboat Crew In 1965 and Was Appointed Coxswain In 1975; He Was Awarded the Bronze Medal In 1979 Brian Bevan Wa
Fred Walkington (I.) and Brian Bevan. Fred Walkington joined Bridling ton lifeboat crew in 1965 and was appointed coxswain in 1975; he was awarded the bronze medal in 1979. Brian Bevan was a member of Bridlington lifeboat crew from 1967 to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs