LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
All In a Row
Intrepid oars woman Jane Trembath, aged 70, battled against blustery conditions to complete her 25-mile sponsored row down the River Dart in aid of the RNLI.
Miss Trembath, using the same 14-foot rowing dinghy she once used... - View image in PDF
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All a Board
Mr Richard Iddon, chairman of the Southport Boardsai I ing Association, is pictured preparing to take a turn on the Marine Lake, wearing borrowed lifeboatman's gear, during the British Windsurfing marathon 12-hour race held last... - View image in PDF
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Three Royal Air Force Aeroplanes (1)
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and Walton and Frinton, Essex.—8th August, 1939. 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, seven or...
A Bicycle Made for Eight!
A bicycle made for eight! Eight members of HM Coastguard undertook to pedal from Chepstow to Penarth, a distance of 50 miles, on a bicycle made for eight by Geoff Townsend.
They raised over £1,000 for the RNLI and are... - View image in PDF
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The Ketches Ann Elizabeth and Thomas Edwin
During a strong S.E. gale and heavy sea on the 15th January, several vessels ran for shelter toClovelly,and amongst them the ketches Jane Ann Elizabeth of Swansea, and Thomas Edwin of Plymouth, bound from Bideford with coal. At 8.10...
Rhyl Life-Boat and Auxiliary Sloop Ann
Rhyl Life-Boat and Auxiliary Sloop Ann. - View image in PDF
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A Royal Air Force Machine (1)
Hartlepool, Co. Durham, Runswick, and Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—4th December.
A Royal Air Force machine came down at sea at night, but could not be found, and the pilot was drowned.
—Rewards, Hartlepool, £...
Life-Boat Queen of Ashby-de-la-Zouche, Miss Carol Hunt, and Her Attendants at the Gala Day Organized By the Local Branch
Life-boat Queen of Ashby-de-la-Zouche, Miss Carol Hunt, and her attendants at the gala day organized by the local branch. The coach is 150 years old. - View image in PDF
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All Hands to the Pumps
On the night of 22 June 1988 the fishing vessel Marigold tan on to rocks at Polkirt beach, 500 yards from Mevagissey Harbour and was badly holed. An overnight operation by a local boatbuilder, the coastguards and fire brigade patched the... - View image in PDF
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Fowey All Weather & Inshore Lifeboats
Fowey All Weather & Inshore Lifeboats. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs