LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Children Rescued from Cabin Cruiser
ON the afternoon of 16th September, 1962, Mr. Kenneth Johnson and his brother, Mr. Frank Johnson, with six of their children aged between two and twelve, went on board Mr. Kenneth Johnson's cabin cruiser, which was one of the Dolphin...
Category: Services
And They'Re Off!
And they're off! These happy toddlers look part in a race at a fun day organised at Endcliffe Park in aid of the City of Sheffield lifeboat appeal. Crowds of more than 5,000 turned up to see, among other things, a junior fancy dress... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Classified
CREW CLOTHING HAVE YOUR BOAT NAME EMBROIDERED ON A TOP QUALITY GARMENT NO MINIMUM ORDER MARITIME MOTIFS TEL. 01769574860 FAX. 01769572197 Renovation and repair of all types of meteorological instruments to Met. Office standards • Mercury and...
Category: Advertisement
Doric
JULY 13TH. - LYNMOUTH, DEVON. At about 7.30 P.M. a motor yacht was seen flying a distress signal. A squally southerly wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. T h e pulling and sailing life-boat Prichard Frederick Gainer was launched at 7.50 P.M...
The Fundraisers
In Brief DURING 1993/94 Brian Davey, the box secretary of Frampton Cotterell branch collected an amazing £1,739.25 from collecting boxes placed in pubs, shops, railway stations and clubs.
THE 20th annual buffet dance...
Category: Articles
A Rowing Boat
APRIL 5TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
During the morning, four of the crew of the minesweeper Port Rose, which was anchored two or three miles to the north of Sheringham, came ashore in a rowing boat. The weatherwas fine with a...
Looking Back By Lt Commander Harold H Harvey Vrd Rnr
WHEN I TOOK my leave of the lifeboat service on December 31, 1973, it was after 21J years service as divisional inspector and superintendent of the Depot. At the age of 32 years I was serving as a lieutenant on the teaching staff of the...
Category: Articles
Electronic Eyes and Ears By Lieut Ernest Gough Rn
COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATIONAL AIDS OF A MODERN LIFEBOAT by Lieutenant Ernest Gough, RN STAFF OFFICER (COMMUNICATIONS), RNLISEEING AN OFFSHORE LIFEBOAT for the first time, you may wonder why she has so many antennae and gadgets sprouting...
Category: Articles
Some Ways of Raising Money
Bodmin Lower School (Comprehensive), which is particularly interested in Padstow lifeboat, arranged a sponsored tables contest—the 2 x 2 = 4 kind—in aid of the RNLI just before Christmas. Younger children had to learn tables up to 10 x 12...
Category: Donations
Crew of Arklow Lifeboat Inbhear Mor Whose Service to Mv Gansey on December 221955 Was the Longest for the Institution During the Winter Months of 1955/56: C May
Crew of Arklow lifeboat Inbhear Mor, whose service to MV Gansey on December 22,1955, was the longest for the Institution during the winter months of 1955/56: C. May, M. Fitzgerald, Bill Kenny, Motor Mechanic John Hayes, Coxswain Peter Kenny,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs