LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Whilst Filming the Tv Programme Highway
Whilst filming the TV programme Highway in Anstruther Sir Harry Secombe interviewed Coxswain Peter Murray. He was also invited to break open a gallon bottle of whisky at the Craws Nest Hotel releasing £255.88 to be put towards... - View image in PDF
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Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Governor.
Mr. ROBERT LEES has been elected an HONORARY LIFE-GOVERNOR of the Institution in recognition of the valuable help which he has given to the life-boat service as honorary secretary of the Wicklow...
Category: Awards
Other Messages...
0 A year ago I said: 'Now we stand on the threshold of the 70's, which promise to be years of new development and greater challenges.' The first challenge was not long in coming, for on 21st January, 1970, the Fraserburgh...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution—(continued.)
RYE, SUSSEX. — At daybreak on the 24th October, 1872, the Urgent, a barge, becoming unnavigable when off Jury's Gap, hoisted signals of distress, and commenced firing minute guns. It was blowing hard from the S.S.W., and a heavy sea was...
Category: Services
The S.S. Asia
During a fresh westerly breeze with rough sea, in the early morning of the 20th April, the s.s. Asia, of Bremen, bound from Savannah to Bremen, stranded on the Goodwin Sands.
In response to the signals from the...
Floralie (1)
French trawler THE FRENCH TRAWLER Floralie, 30 miles off Trevose Head on a bearing of 287°, reported in the early hours of Friday October 17, 1980, that she had a serious leak and needed immediate assistance. HMS Pollington, 40 miles...
Local Girls Who Went Out Collecting for the R.N.L.I, at Llandudno Last Year. They Are (Left to Right) Anne Williams, Lyn Neville, Jane Gregory and Hilary Neville.
Local girls who went out collecting for the R.N.L.I, at Llandudno last year. They are (left to right) Anne Williams, Lyn Neville, Jane Gregory and Hilary Neville.. - View image in PDF
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The Thames Coastguard Rescue Headquarters at Walton-On-Naze Essex Late Last Year Staged a Special Air and Sea Exercise Off Clacton Pier for Visiting Officials Visible I
The Thames Coastguard rescue headquarters at Walton-on-Naze, Essex, late last year staged a special air and sea exercise off Clacton pier for visiting officials. Visible in the picture are the Coastguard helicopter, the Harwich life-boat,... - View image in PDF
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Sinking of Biscaya: Four Photographs Taken In Her Last Five Minutes One Minute After the First Photograph Was Taken (Left} Three Men Were Snatched from Biscaya Including
Sinking of Biscaya: four photographs taken in her last five minutes. One minute after the first photograph was taken (left} three men were snatched from Biscaya, including the Dutch crew member from salvage tug Titan.. - View image in PDF
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As Part of a Rotaract Club of Bristol Fundraising Day Last July on Broadmead Shopping Precinct Podium Geoff Davis Attempted to Beat the World Football Juggling Recor
As part of a Rotaract Club of Bristol fundraising day last July on Broadmead shopping precinct podium, Geoff Davis attempted to beat the world football juggling record; he achieved 1,332 flicks—not a record-beating score but, nevertheless,... - View image in PDF
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