LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Snedronning
At 6.17 p.m. on 2oth June, 1967, it was learned that a yacht was firing red flares about one mile south of Ramsgate harbour.
The life-boat Edward and IsabellaIrwin, on temporary duty at the station, proceeded at 6.32 in a...
Breakaway
At 3.45 a.m. on igth June, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the yacht Breakaway had reported that she had been rammed by a coaster off Beachy head. The life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched at 4 o'clock in a light...
A Rugger Match (Below) Between the Golden Hart Irresponsibles and the Floating Bridge Sludgers Was One of the Uproarious Events By Which West Country Watney Ta
A rugger match (below) between the Golden Hart Irresponsibles and the Floating Bridge Sludgers was one of the uproarious events by which West Country Watney taverns and innkeepers raised money to pay for radar and DF aboard Yarmouth's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Framed Record of Thanks Was Presented to Captain Ian Gibb of P and O Ss Canberra By Lt-Cdr Brian Miles (2nd I) Staff Officer Operations Rnli and Himself a Former Officer of P and O Since La
A framed record of thanks was presented to Captain Ian Gibb of P and O ss Canberra by Lt-Cdr Brian Miles (2nd I.), staff officer operations RNLI and himself a former officer of P and O.
Since last September £3,000 has... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Boy Andrew
These dramatic photographs capture an incident on Friday 13 January 1989 when the fishing vessel Boy Andrew ran into a narrow gulley at Trebister Ness on Westray in the Shetlands. Lerwick's Arun Soldian took the crew off by Y boat and...
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: Please Note Regretfully, only coxswains and branch and guild officials with a minimum of 10 years service can now be accepted for inclusion in the Obituaries column of THE...
Category: Obituaries
After Cracking Their Way Through L'/2 Inches of Ice Members of the Dolphin Sub Aqua Club In Cirencester
After cracking their way through l'/2 inches of ice, members of the Dolphin Sub Aqua Club in Cirencester took part in a sponsored dive at South Cerney Lakes on Boxing Day in 1981. Eight divers took part and as a result £202.50 was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duke of Atholl the Rnli's Chairman
The Duke of Atholl, the RNLI's chairman, meets members of the Lake District branch aboard a steam-boat at Windermere Steam-Boat Museum. The branch held a two-week fund-raising drive to coincide with Windermere Festival. Shepherds, a firm... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coronella
Making water WICK COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Thurso lifeboat station at 1355 on Tuesday September 7,1982, that the fishing vessel Coronella was making water off Duncansby Head andthe lifeboat was asked to launch with pumps...
Filey's
Triumphant Julie Davidson receives her •crown from Filey's Coxswain Frank Jenkinson.
Her title, Filey Lifeboat Queen 1983-4, is contested each year in aid of the station.
Gordon Warley, of Primrose... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs