LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Late Mr. Edgar H. Johnson, F.C.I.S.
ANOTHER heavy loss has fallen on the Institution by the death of Mr. Edgar H.
Johnson, F.C.I.S., of Manchester, the District Organising Secretary for the North of England.
He was taken ill last spring,...
Category: Obituaries
The Converted Ship's Boat Ocean Queen
Caister, Norfolk. At 9.20 on the morning of the 16th of August, 1958, two men were seen ashore on Scroby Sands from the boathouse. A small boat was near them. Ten minutes later the men began waving to a passing ship, and it was decided to...
The Shelving, Sandy Beaches at Mawgan Porth Are a Popular Tourist Attraction.
The shelving, sandy beaches at Mawgan Porth are a popular tourist attraction.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Two of the Horses and Their Owners Are Reunited With Their Rescuers
Two of the horses and their owners are reunited with their rescuers. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Opening of the New Headquarters: the President Hrh the Duke of Kent With (I to R) the Director Captain Nigel Dixon and the Chairman Major-General Ralph Farrant
Opening of the new headquarters: The President, HRH The Duke of Kent, with (I. to r.) the Director, Captain Nigel Dixon, and the Chairman, Major-General Ralph Farrant.
photograph by courtesy of Bournemouth News and Picture... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
the Pilot Me, Brilliant Star and Progressive
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 30th of January, 1956, the weather worsened while three fishing cobles were at sea, and at 2.20 the life-boat E.C.J.R, was launched.
There was a very rough sea, a mod- erate...
The Finnish Cargo Vessel Puhos
Injured seaman THE MARINE RESCUE CO-ORDINATION CENTRE, Shannon, told Arranmore honorary secretary at 1810 on Saturday December 30, 1978, that a sailor on board the Finnish cargo vessel Puhos had lost three fingers in an...
Fred Park Mbe,
Fred Park MBE, former Torbay station honorary secretary from 1948 until 1975. Mr Park was also a member of the branch committee until 1995 and was made an honorary life governor in 1975.
Category: Obituaries
Conquistador
U.S. AND SPANISH VESSELS IN COLLISION Hastings, Sussex. At 8.30 on the evening of the 27th March, 1963, a local resident informed the honorary secretary that he had seen a red flare southeast of Hastings. The life-boat...
A Motor Boat
Coverack, Cornwall.—At 12.30 A.M.
on the 22nd June the coastguard reported that four visitors, two men and two women, had put out in a motor boat during the previous afternoon and had not returned. A light breeze was...