LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fidget
Yacht sinks in gale THE 30ft yacht. Fidget, of stout construction, was on passage from Gosport to Plymouth on the morning of Sunday August 11, 1985, when she hit a huge crest south of Gara Rock, near Salcombe.
Within one...
The John F. Kennedy
The new 44-foot steel life-boat John F. Kennedy which is to be based at Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, on trials off Lowestoft, Suffolk, where she was built by Brooke Marine Ltd. Five other 44-foot life-boats for the R.N.L.I, will be... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lena B
Propeller fouled LENA B, a 32ft beam trawler, 2'/2 miles south east of Hastings with her propeller fouled by a fishing net, was reported to the honorary secretary of Hastings lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 0700 on Sunday October 12...
Wellington of Aberystwith
On the 14th April, during 'a very severe gale of wind, a brig was seen to part from her anchors in the Mumbles Roads, and to bum signals of distress. The Wolverhampton life-boat was promptly launched, and remained by the vessel until,...
Helmsman Donald Jones (Right) Has Been Awarded a Bronze Medal and Crew Member Paul Frost a Medal Service Certificate for the Rescue In a Force 7 Gusting 9 Wind
Helmsman Donald Jones (right) has been awarded a bronze medal and Crew Member Paul Frost a medal service certificate for the rescue, in a force 7 gusting 9 wind, of two boys cut off by the tide. photograph by courtesy of Philip... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
by Maggie Murray/Format Prior to the Annual Presentation of Awards on 19 May, the six Bronze Medallists line up aboard the Mersey class Marine Engineer for the photocall on the Thames.
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Category: Photographs
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Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
CLOUGHEY, Co. DOWN.—On the night of the 20th January the s.s. City of Lahore, belonging to Liverpool, stranded on Kearney Point. The Life-boat John was launched and proceeded to the steamer. The captain requested the boat to stand by, which...
Category: Services
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