LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lea Rig, Fisherboy and Crest
JAN. 9TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
Four seine net fishing boats- Streamlet, Lea Rig, Fisherboy, and Crestwere overtaken by a sudden N.N.W. gale, with a heavy sea, when fishing about eighteen miles west of Thurso. The motor...
November
Launches 28 Lives rescued None
NOVEMBER 1ST. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 7.21 in the evening, the Wyke Regis coastguard reported a vessel aground on Shambles Bank. She was the Swedish tanker Ariston, of...
Category: Services
French Life-Boat Visitors
Four senior officials of the French Life-boat Institution, Vice-Admiral L. le Puth, Vice-Admiral F. Picard-Destelan, Rear-Admiral A. Roux and Engineer in Chief R. Avignon, spent two days with the R.N.L.I. on 14th/15th May, 1968.
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Category: Articles
Leesa Espley From Hunstanton
Leesa Espley from Hunstanton is the fi rst woman in the RNLI to get a hovercraft licence. Photo: Simon Barber. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Maritime Book Society (Readers Union)
Take any 3 books *JH|% PLUS CARRIAGE ONLY 25P EACH Safe Family Cruising & Day Sailing •'*'' f •' and Save up tO £13.95 when you join the bi-monthly D , / ' , ' , ' ,, . ' BOOK SOCIETY and make...
Category: Advertisement
Mercury Direct, (1)
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Category: Advertisement
Raymond Pope,
Raymond Pope, Bexleyheath branch president from 1980 until his death. Raymond was also on the RNLI staff for 20 years, the last 10 as the City of London regional organiser..
Category: Obituaries
Torbay: the Crew from the Cargo Vessel Majorca Are Put Ashore at Brixham
Torbay: The crew from the cargo vessel Majorca are put ashore at Brixham. At 0430 on Saturday September 18, 1982, Majorca, 20 miles south east of Straight Point, sent out a may day call; she had a list of 5 degrees and her cargo was shifting... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
Coxswain'* Certificate of Service.
The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, PENSION, and a SPECIAL GRATUITY of £80, have been awarded to: JOHN- STRACHAN, 15 years coxswain of the Peterhead life-boat.
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Category: Awards
Captain Barton Holmes a Retired Us Master
Captain Barton Holmes, a retired US master mariner living in Stolen Island, New York, is a good friend to Aberdeen lifeboat station. In each of the past eight or nine years he has made a model ship and donated it to the branch. His latest... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs