LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Feature New Kids on the Block
The unprecedented events of 29 June 2000 sum up the brief history of Crosshaven lifeboat station. At around 6.30pm that day Owen Medland, deputy divisional inspector of lifeboats for Ireland, made the final phone call which turned Atlantic...
Category: Articles
The Record Month by Month
The Record Month by Month 1946 Vessels Lives Number Lives which Lives Rescued of Rescued Life-boats Rescued by Life-boat by Saved or by Auxiliary Launches Life-boats Helped Shore boats Rescue to Save Boats January . 51 103 4 15 - February . ...
Category: Annual Reports
Malanie, of Gosport
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 7.48 p.m. on 25th June, 1967, a yacht was reported in difficulties about one mile west of Hurst Castle. The life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe slipped her moorings at 8.1 in a strong south south easterly breeze...
Mary Heeley
Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 12.30 in the morning, on the 30th of April, 1950, the Ramsey coastguard telephoned that flares had been seen off Onchan Head.
At 12.45 the life-boat Millie Walton was launched in a thick fog with a...
Men of Courage
Books by Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell and Commander H. B. Baothby.
Brave Men All. By Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell, V.C., D.S.O. (Hodder & Stoughton, 7s. 6d. net).
Spunyarn. By Commander H....
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The Gift Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
FOURTEEN years since a movement com- menced of an altogether novel character in the life-boat work, and which is without precedent in this or in any other country.
At that period a benevolent lady presented the NATIONAL...
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Feature: Launching Saves Lives
The pages of the Lifeboat feature many brave and skilful rescues but it is easy to overlook that, before a lifeboat reaches a casualty, just launching can be a demanding task If all lifeboat stations were based in easily accessible harbours...
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Cut off by tide A LOCAL COBLE alerted Flamborough Coastguard on the afternoon ol Saturday, August 23, 1975; two people were cut off by the tide on the cliff at West Scar. After viewing the site and ruling out any attempt at rescue over the...
Coxswain John Connell of Amble Northumberland
Coxswain John Connell of Amble, Northumberland. He joined the lifeboat crew in April 1953, became bowman in February 1962, second coxswain in February 1967 and coxswain in August 1972.
He was awarded the thanks of the RNLI,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hidden Treasure Shops
I HAVE been asked to write an article on 'shops' or 'hidden treasure shops' as we now call them and wonder just where and how to begin.
I think I'll go back to 1962 when we had our first shop. There were...
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