LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Yawl Ivy Lass
Walmer, Kent. At 7.52 on the evening of the 8th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor yawl Ivy Lass of Maldon was secured alongside the East Goodwin lightvessel, as she had run short of petrol....
Clara
The Covent Garden Life-boat was also launched at 2.15 A.M. on the 17th December, in reply to signals of distress, during a strong N.N.E. wind and a very heavy sea. She found the brig Clara, of Dublin, bound from Liverpool to the Tyne with a...
Monsun of Poland Coming In to Berth at Poole Quay the Latest In Her Class She Was Only Launched a Month Before Her Arrival In England Photograph By Courtesy of 1 P
Monsun of Poland coming in to berth at Poole Quay. - View image in PDF
The latest in her class, she was only launched a month before her arrival in England. - View image in PDF
Photograph by courtesy of .1. P. Morris. - View image in PDF
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(L to R) Crew Member John Curry Crew Member Robert Lydiate and Helmsman Ronald 'Taffy' Jones Who on March 6 Manning West Kirby D Class Inflatable Lifeboat Rescued Two Men from a C
(7. to r.) Crew Member John Curry, Crew Member Robert Lydiate and Helmsman Ronald 'Taffy' Jones who, on March 6, manning West Kirby D class inflatable lifeboat, rescued two men from a capsized canoe.
photograph by... - View image in PDF
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A Dell Quay Dory
Found in time THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 11, 1987 W3S bitterly cold, with temperatures falling to minus 10°C along the south coast.
In Poole Harbour a north-easterly wind created a chill factor of minus 15°C or more, so...
Bless this boatAs
‘The Cromer lifeboat station has such a great history and we are proud to be carrying it on,’ Paul said afterwards.
‘Although the Lester has been in use for several months and we all know the name, the naming ceremony is...
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Morecambe August 10 1986:
Morecambe, August 10, 1986: Morecambe was one of the three stations at which the prototype Evans/Avon D class inflatable lifeboat had been on trial. The station's new lifeboat, funded by the bequest of Mr and Mrs William Herring in... - View image in PDF
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First Launch
First launch The townspeople of Swanage proudly look on as their new 12m Mersey class lifeboat Robert Charles Brown is launched for the first time along the station slipway on 12 June. The event marked the culmination of many years hard... - View image in PDF
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On 5Th May, 1943, the Wells Life-Boat Took Part In An Interesting Service In Which the R.A.F. for the First Time Dropped An Airborne Life-Boat to a 'Ditched' Bomber Crew Off the East Anglian Coast. Th
On 5th May, 1943, the Wells life-boat took part in an interesting service in which the R.A.F. for the first time dropped an airborne life-boat to a 'ditched' bomber crew off the East Anglian coast. The 'ditched' crew received... - View image in PDF
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The Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
Length. Breadth. No. of Oars. When Stationed or Named. No, ENOLAMT). Ft In. Ft. In. NORTHUMBERLAND BERWICK-ON-TWEED - - - 37 - 8 - 12 1888 1 HOLY ISLAND — No. 1 _ - — 34 - 8 3 ...
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