LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Belgian Fishing Vessel
Never off duty The crew of Lytham St Annes were on passage from Ramsey on the Isle of Man on 1 February, collecting the relief Mersey class lifeboat Margaret Jean, when they intercepted a telephone conversation between the Coastguard and a...
What and Where
What and Where The lifeboat fleet of the RNL9 If s back again by popular demand! The following is a print-out from LINCS, the RNLI's Lifeboat integrated Computer System, and is correct as of October 1999.
Lifeboats are...
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Golden Anniversary
In November Southend lifeboat station celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first Christmas crew dinner. The event attracted some 500 guests to the Cliff Pavilion, Southend and raised £6.130 for lifeboat funds.
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The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
Obvertt.—An unlaureated head of George the Fourth; beneath, in minute letters, "W. Wyon, Mint; double legend, " Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck."—" George the Fourth, Patron,...
Category: Medals
A Lifetime Of Lifesaving
A lifetime of lifesaving Joel Grunnill tells the Lifeboat how he overcame ice, injuries and even bullets during his so-far-78 years of volunteering Skegness born and bred, Joel Grunnill was part of the Lincolnshire town’s lifeboat crew for...
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For One Day During London Lifeboat Week In Hoth 1977 and 1978 Peter Elgar a Shoreline Member Set Up a Stand at British Airways Engineering West Base Heathro
For one day during London lifeboat week in hoth 1977 and 1978.
Peter Elgar, a Shoreline member, set up a stand at British Airways Engineering West Base. Heathrow Airport, using his own boat as centrepiece. In 1977 he and... - View image in PDF
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Don, of Jersey
On the 10th November the Joseph Anstice, the Life- boat of this station, in answer to signals of distress from the schooner Don, of Jersey, put off to her assistance. A very heavy gale was blowing from the north, and darkness coming on soon...
H.M. Submarine Alliance, 1385 Tons, Aground on Bembridge Ledge, Isle of Wight on 12th January 1968 When the Local Life-Boat Pictured Here Stood By the Submarine Un
H.M. Submarine Alliance, 1,385 tons, aground on Bembridge ledge, Isle of Wight, on 12th January, 1968, when the local life-boat, pictured here, stood by the submarine until she was refloated. A letter of thanks to the R.N.L.I. from the... - View image in PDF
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Normanby
On 6th January, 1967, the life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II rescued the crew of four of the motor fishing vessel Normanby. A full account of this service, for which a special award was made to Coxswain John King, appears on page...
From the Royal Bank of Scotland's Credit Card Centre
From the Royal Bank of Scotland's Credit Card Centre, Ray March, Ray Essen, Gerry Furner, John Brown and Sandy Matthew present the cheque to the RNLI's Tom Cocking (second left), Peter Holness (third left) and Barbara Trousdell... - View image in PDF
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