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Caister-on-Sea lifeboat. 2nd April 1940

Over 40 years ago, when Mrs Joyce Giddins, now aged 62, was close to death suffering from a perforated ulcer, surgeon Mr. Vincent Nesfield saved her life. Mrs

The Tynemouth lifeboat. George and Olive Turner Number 52-13 pictured on The Tyne, Tyne and Wear. Picture taken circa 30th June 1980

The Teesmouth lifeboat ties up at Middlesbrough dock after a Polish trawler rejected its offer of assistance. Picture taken 30th November 1969

Mr. Jack Watson, a permanent RNLI mechanic, with the Tynesider lifeboat. The Tynesider, launched 1947, is the oldest Lifeboat in regular service at an RNLI station, but is bowing out soon

Cullercoats lifeboat Westmorland launched for a practice run and to assist in the search for the missing Sunderland yawl (type of sailing boat)

The Tynemouth lifeboat George and Olive Turner on the Tyne River, Tyne and Wear. The boat was launched 30th June 1980. Picture taken 9th July 1984

The Tynemouth lifeboat George and Olive Turner gives a demonstration. The boat was launched 30th June 1980. Picture taken 25th May 1987

The George Elmy lifeboat launches on a trial run. 1st June 1950 The boat sank as it returned home to Seaham, on Saturday 17th November 1962

The crew of the Teesmouth lifeboat assemble on deck during a practice trip. **The picture has some paint on it** Picture taken 22nd March 1959

Twenty women launch the RNLB Charles Cooper Henderson" at Dungeness lifeboat station, Kent to rescue an RAF pilot who came down in the English Channel when their husbands were away fishing

The lifeboat Elizabeth Wills Allen launches on her final voyage at Seaham. She will go in reserve at Yarmouth and be replaced by the George Elmy which is arriving at her new station from The Isle of

The Fishguard motor lifeboat on patrol in Pembrokeshire, south west Wales. 15th March 1934

Launch of The Tynesider lifeboat at Tynemouth. Information on the boat. TYNESIDER 1947 Ð 1979 : 46O09 Watson Type. 46O09 long by 12O09 wide, weight 21 tons 15 cwt, 2 Ð 40 bhp Ferry VE4 engines

A fisherman is towed to safety by the Tynemouth lifeboat. Name of Lifeboat not confirmed. Picture taken 21st January 1960

A Bridlington lifeboat assists a fishing vessel during a gale in the North Sea. 16th November 1933

The Sunderland lifeboat Sarah Jane Myers launches. The ship is often called " William Myers and Sarah Jane Myers" The £ 45

Crew of the Broughty Ferry reserve lifeboat City of Bradford II, return to the station in Dundee after her first trials in the River Tay, Scotland. Left to right: Coxswain James B

Andrew Mitchell (mechanic) chats with coxswain Gall in the wheelhouse of the Broughty lifeboat in Dundee as it prepares to go to sea. 2nd February 1960

Exercises by the Great Yarmouth lifeboat The Earl and Countess of Howe at Porstmouth. The boat was turned completely over by means of straps attached to a dockyard crane

The RNLB Motor lifeboat Mary Stanford of the RNLI Ballycotton Lifeboat Station, Cork, Ireland. 6th September 1930

John Robertson and David Lyon, both deck hands on the Broughty lifeboat, answer an emergency call at Broughty Ferry lifeboat station, Dundee. 2nd February 1960

The RNLI lifeboat Mary Joicy is put to sea for the last time at Newbiggin. The ninth Lifeboat and last offshore Lifeboat for Newbiggin was funded from a legacy of the late Mrs

The RNLI lifeboat, The Mary Joicey, arrives back at harbour with a Blyth fishing boat in tow. The ninth Lifeboat and last offshore Lifeboat for Newbiggin was funded from a legacy of the late Mrs

The Newbiggin lifeboat Richard Ashley tows the 40 ton hopper Crescent Brand into Blyth harbour after an engine failure. The crew of the lifeboat are seen tying up, with the hopper in the background

A tractor is used to launch the Newbiggin lifeboat Mary Joicey. The ninth Lifeboat and last offshore Lifeboat for Newbiggin was funded from a legacy of the late Mrs

The Newbiggin lifeboat, The Mary Joicey. 30th January 1976 The ninth Lifeboat and last offshore Lifeboat for Newbiggin was funded from a legacy of the late Mrs

The RNLI lifeboat D. 228 takes to the sea for the first time in Craster harbour
The RNLI lifeboat D.228 takes to the sea for the first time in Craster harbour, Northumberland, manned by coxswain Jack Browell (bright) and crewman Eddie Gray. Picture taken 28th May 1975

Coxswain John Connell with the crew of the new Amble lifeboat Margaret Graham. The Waveny Class Margaret Graham had been sailed from Whitby to Amble where it will take over from the Harold Salveson

Two lifeboats from Hartlepool (right: is the 44 018 The Scout) and the boat on the left is the Sunderland lifeboat, the 44 017 The RNLB Wavy Line. Picture taken. 2nd March 1993

The Mary Joicy lifeboat at Newbiggin. The ninth Lifeboat and last offshore Lifeboat for Newbiggin was funded from a legacy of the late Mrs

The Lifeboat Guy and Claire Hunter. 46. 90 feet (14. 30 m)
The Lifeboat Guy and Claire Hunter. 46.90 feet (14.30 m). Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Built in 1954 by J Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight

Cullercoats inshore D 229 Dinghy lifeboat. Tyne and Wear. ***note to editor*** the name Eric Burns, appears on the caption. It is possible that one of the lifeboatmen pictured here is Eric Burns

The Sunday Sun inshore lifeboat is launched at Craster, Northumberland. The 40 h.p boat can travel up to 20 knots and carries a crew of two. Total load in fine weather is about six people

The Cullercoats lifeboat Sir James Knott is hauled back to shore after its final voyage. The boat leaved tomorrow for a 300 mile trip to Essex

A Blyth Inshore D Class lifeboat (serial number D 210) heads towards the Blyth shore. Northumberland Picture taken 21st June 1981

The lifeboat Sir James Knott returns to Cullercoats from North Shields after attending the ship Queensgate which ran aground at Tynemouth. Picture taken 14th February 1964

RNLI Lifeboat George and Olive Turner in Tynemouth. Pictured on her original launch day. Boat number 52-13 Picture taken 30th June 1980

The new Liverpool Class Newbiggin lifeboat Richard Ashley is towed out of the shallows by the Lifeboat Station tractor after its arrival by sea. 3rd August 1950

The Seaton Sluice inshore rescue boat shortly after being launched. 8th June 1974

A new lifeboat, the W. Ross MacArthur of Glasgow, destined for St Abbs Head Lifeboat Station in Berwickshire, Scotland, is delivered overland by road from Southampton to Walker, Newcastle Upon Tyne

The newly repaired Liverpool Class Newbiggin lifeboat Richard Ashley is hauled on to its cradle by a tractor as children and residents of the village crowd around to greet her arrival back

The naming ceremony for the new Newbiggin lifeboat Richard Ashley at Newbiggin on the Northumberland coast. A general view of the ceremony in progress, watched by a large crowd. 30th June 1951

The Cullercoats lifeboat Sir James Knott. SIR JAMES KNOTT was built as an Oakley twin screw motor lifeboat by Groves and Gutteridge of Cowes Isle of Wight in 1963

The Cullercoat lifeboat is launched. The Sir James Knott. SIR JAMES KNOTT was built as an Oakley twin screw motor lifeboat by Groves and Gutteridge of Cowes Isle of Wight in 1963

The Cullercoats lifeboat returns to the Tyne after a call out. Picture taken 13th November 1959

The Berwick lifeboat. which covers the waters of Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland and East Lothian. It is reported that the boat is to be axed. Picture taken circa 1st January 1976

The new Oakley class lifeboat Mary Joicey is launched only two hours after being delivered at Newbiggin from the builders yard in Fife, Scotland

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