LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Llanishen
Ten hour service to burning coaster Yarmouth South East Division The coxswain and crew of Yarmouth's Arun class lifeboat John and Joy Wade have received a letter of thanks from the Director of the RNLI for their part in a 10-hour service...
Lifeboat People
AMONG THE AWARDS announced in the Birthday Honours list were: Knight Batchelor: Charles Keith Frossard, Bailiff of Guernsey. Sir Charles is a vice-president of Guernsey branch.
KCVO: John Michael Moore, CB DSC.
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Your message to the crews
At a time when many people are exchanging New Year wishes, what would your message to our volunteer crews be?
As part of an appeal to raise funds for two new Shannon class lifeboats and launching equipment, supporters are...
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Southern Scott
Fishing boat aground THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Peel lifeboat station was informed by Ramsey Coastguard at 0145 on Saturday March 29 that the motor fishing vessel Southern Scott was aground on Old Bath's Beach just to the north east of...
Northumbrian Coast and the Egyptian Prince
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.3 on the afternoon of the 4th of March, 1953, the coastguard reported that two vessels had been in collision near Lower Hope Buoy and that one was beginning to sink. The life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No...
Wells the Crew and Those Who Back Them Up Ashore
Portrait of a lifeboat station WELLS the crew and those who back them up ashore by Campbell MacCallum 1 Coxswain David Cox 2 Second Coxswain Anthony Jordan 3 Offshore lifeboat crew 4 Lt David Case RNVR, station honorary secretary 5 Mrs David... - View image in PDF
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H.M.S. Puncher
Troon, Ayrshire.—Early on the 21st of February, 1949, H.M.S. Puncher, a naval landing ship with a crew of eighteen, left Troon for Port Glasgow, in tow of two tugs. A south-westerly gale got up, with a very heavy sea, and the Puncher snapped...
Launch:
Launch: The coxswain checks the depth of water before signalling for the retaining chains to be released.. - View image in PDF
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The Met Office
DIAL BEFORE YOU SAIL 464 451 454 PORTSMOUTH BRIGHTON BOURNEMOUTH «*-• • Now, before sailing, you can check the latest coastal weather conditions anywhere in the UK, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - simply by picking up your telephone.<...
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Artist Tony Hart of Bbc Tv's 'Vision On' Programme Spent Almost Two Hours Making Lightning Sketches at a Coffee Morning Organised By Guildford Branch In the City's
Artist Tony Hart of BBC TV's 'Vision On' programme spent almost two hours making lightning sketches at a coffee morning organised by Guildford branch in the city's Guildhall last September. The sketches were sold for £1... - View image in PDF
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