LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rescue By Two Boys
A seventeen-year-old boy, Andrew Richards of Dolgellau, and his companion, sixteen-year-old Mark Heywood of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, have both received framed letters of appreciation signed by the Chairman of the Institution, Captain the...
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Boy Arthur
At 6.15 P.M.
on the 4th October, it was reported to the Coxswain of the No. 1 Life-boat Alfred Carry, that a small boat was driving south in front of the town with two persons on board. As a fresh easterly wind was blowing...
High Seas...
llfracombe - South Division More vie A/s of RNLI lifeboat stations from the air.
llfracombe. on the north Devon coast, is seen from the west in this view, taken towards high water. The Inner Harbour dries completely at low...
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NORTHERN EXPOSURE
What's it like to volunteer at our most northerly station, Aith, on the Shetland Islands? On 20 June, Photographer Jack Lowe of the Lifeboat Station Project made the most of the midsummer light, while the crew spoke about life at 60°...
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Clyde Crusader
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 1.20 •early on the morning of the 17th of .September, 1958, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a vessel was ashore below Tynemouth •Castle, fifty yards north of Tyne north pier. Visibility was...
St. Patrick
JUNE 13TH. - FISHGUARD AND ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE At 4.40 in the morning a message was received at Fishguard from the coastguard that a vessel was on fire seven miles west of Strumble Head, and at 5.25 the motor life-boat White Star was...
Dan O’Connell
NOVEMBER 6TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
During the afternoon the motor fishing boat Dan O’Connell, of Arklow, with a crew of five, ran out of fuel as she was coming in, and anchored. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a...
The S.S. Empire Bridge
MARCH 15TH - 17TH. - LYTHAM-ST.
ANNES, LANCASHIRE. At 9.30 A.M.
information was received from the resident naval officer at Preston, and confirmed by the coastguard, that a vessel was aground, and at 10...
The Naming Ceremony at Gorleston on 17th May, 1967, of the New 44-Foot Steel Life-Boat Khami
The naming ceremony at Gorleston on 17th May, 1967, of the new 44-foot steel life-boat Khami. This was given by Mr. & Mrs. T. 6- Bedwell.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
ROPE TRICKS
With a yacht pinned to rocks in 60mph winds and driving rain, Tobermory lifeboat crew would need to quickly overcome some hurdles to save the four people onboard
The 2018 summer heatwave took a dramatic turn at the end of...
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