LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The End of Hms Foudroyant
The end of HMS Foudroyant, one of Nelson's flagships which in her last years was used as a training ship for boys. White anchored off Blackpool on June 16, 1897, a gale blew up and she dragged aground. The lifeboat Samuel Fletcher of... - View image in PDF
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A Winter Sponsored Raft Race on the River Dee Organised By the Aberdeen Branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club Raised £380 for Aberdeen's New Arun Lifeboat Bp Fortie
A winter sponsored raft race on the River Dee organised by the Aberdeen Branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club raised £380 for Aberdeen's new Arun lifeboat BP Forties. The 27 starters were sent on their way by Coxswain Albert Bird, who... - View image in PDF
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A Memory of the War
Mr. Claude M. Hart and the coxswain and ex-coxswain of the life-boat at The Lizard, with all that was found by the life-boats from Cadgwith and The Lizard of an aeroplane which crashed in the sea one night. - View image in PDF
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The Prince of Wales Speaking
Front Row (left to right) : The Master of Sempill, Sir Malcolm Campbell, the Bishop of Durham, H.R.H. Princess Louise, the Prince of Wales. Sir Godfrey Baring. Bt., the Right Hon. A. V. Alexander, M.P.
and the Hon. George... - View image in PDF
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The Youngest Life-Boat Coxswain
Coxswain Bert Baker, of Bembridge, hands over to his successor, Geoffrey Wade, the youngest coxswain in the Service. - View image in PDF
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The South Goodwin Lightvessel (1)
On the night of the 26th-27th November, 1954, the South Goodwin lightvessel broke adrift in a gale and at daylight was found to be lying on her beam ends. The Dover, Ramsgate and Walmer life-boats were all launch- ed, but the sole survivor...
Keeping It In the Family
In the Spring issue of The Lifeboat you showed the Simmons family of Sheringham crewing the inshore lifeboat. In 1974 rny sons David and Martin crewed the Port Isaac inshore lifeboat with me and I believe that this was the first ILB family... - View image in PDF
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To the Help of Aeroplanes
Of those 3,000 launches 1,000, or a third, have been to the help of aeroplanes which had come down in the sea..
Category: Articles
Whitby Museum In the Old Lifeboat House: at the Souvenir Stand Are (l) Eric Thomson Founder of the Museum and His Main Helper Ex- Motor Mechanic William Drvden
Whitby museum, in the old lifeboat house: At the souvenir stand are (/.) Eric Thomson, founder of the museum, and his main lie/per, e. Motor Mechanic William Drvden.. - View image in PDF
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The Royal Bank of Scotland
We're not asking you to risk your life in Force 9 gales. Or to be on call, day and night. Or even to devote time to training. We are asking for something equally important, though: put pen to paper, below, and take out a Lifeboats...
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