LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coxswain Richards of Lynmouth
COXSWAIN GEOEGE STANLEY RICH- ARDS, who died on the 10th of January, 1954, at the age of 91, was a well-known personality in Lynmouth, and had been .coxswain of the Lyn- mouth life-boat from 1926 to 1931.
For forty years...
Category: Obituaries
On the rocks
The 17m fishing vessel Crystal Sea was returning to harbour with a catch at 3am on 22 November when she hit rocks north of Howth Head.
As she sank, her crew of four jumped onto the rocks, where they activated their...
Category: Articles
Other IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 46, 59, and 65, the following launches on service were made during the months of September to November, 1966, inclusive: Abersoch,...
Category: Services
A Hundred Years Ago
THE life-boat journal on the 1st of January, 1858, in describing a wreck which occurred at Brighton on the 8th of October, 1857, reported: "There were at that time three life-boats at Brighton; one, we believe, belonging to the town...
Category: Articles
Muddy waters
How would the occupants of a yacht survive when it sank within seconds at the mouth of the Thames? Anne Millman finds out
On the overcast but cold morning of 17 February, Thames Coastguard at Waltonon- the-Naze heard an...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
NEW BRIGHTON.—The tubular Life- boat on this station having become unfit for further service has, in accordance with the wishes of the crew, been replaced by a non-self-righting sailing Life-boat of the Watson type, 43 ft. long and 12 ft. 6...
Category: Articles
Easter Sailing By Giles
'Your wife nailing you and your boat up for Easter is hardly a case for calling in the RNLI.' by courtesy of the Daily Express, April 24, 1973, and Giles.
Category: Drawings
THE THREE CORNISHMEN
THE THREE CORNISHMEN THREE men of Polruan, Mr. Lloyd Dunn, Mr. John Curtis and Mr. Anthony Raymond, have all received letters of thanks from the R.N.L.I. for the parts they played in rescuing four survivors when a dinghy capsized on 7th...
Category: Articles
Index to the Branches
ABBRDEHS- . . . .221 ABBRDOVEY . . . .197 ABKBSOCH .... 166 ACOCK'S GrREKH . . 213 AX.DEBURGH . . . .207 INDEX TO THE BRANCHES.
CfiOMER *ISS LEEK 206 RAMSGATE...
Category: Branches
Right - Clovelly's Atlantic 21 Lifeboat
Right - Clovelly's Atlantic 21 lifeboat leaves the harbour.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs