LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Centenaries of Life-Boat Stations. Presentation of Vellums Signed By the Prince of Wales
As announced in the last issue of The Lifeboat, the Committee of Management decided in May that every Life-boat Station, on the completion of a hundred years, should be presented with a Vellum to be hung in the Town Hall or other public...
Category: Articles
Roy Clemo
PENLEE, Friday February 14, 1986: at 0630 Penlee's 52 ft Arun class lifeboat, Mabel Alice, with Coxswain Ken Thomas at the helm, set out in a force 10 east by southerly storm and poor visibility. The Guernsey registered coaster, Roy...
62 Lives Rescued
The London motor vessel Tapti, wrecked in the Outer Hebrides (See page 161). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (62)
APRIL. 23RD. - CLACTON - ON-SEA, AND WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Clacton-on-Sea, £25 3s. ; Walton and Frinton,.
An Aeroplane (62)
JULY 23RD. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £15 3s..
Services of the Life-Boats
Ballycotton, Co. Cork—At 6.50 A.M. on the 1st January a message was received at the Coast-guard Signal Station from the captain of the s.s. Pinna, of London, to the effect that he was in distress and required immediate...
Category: Services
The Life-Boat
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. Fig. 2 the " plan " or deck view. Fig....
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Unsung Heroes
Mary Jacinta Casey
How did you first get involved with the RNLI? When I was growing up, we always had a collection box in our pub, and I used to help count the money!
What does being an RNLI...
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Three Royal Air Force Aeroplanes
AUG. 8TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK, AND WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX.
A message had been received from the Colchester Air Observers’ Post, through the coastguard, that three Royal Air Force aeroplanes had crashed into the sea,...
RESCUE
Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards carry out thousands of rescues every year (see launches on page 36). Here are just some of those caught on camera, and see the list below for more reports:
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