LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

DURING the autumn of 1924 two films with a special Life-boat interest i were released to the Cinemas. One o f ' them, " Down to the Sea in Ships," is; the cruise of a whaler. Among its scenes are the wreck of one of the boats...

A special £1 draw was organised for this magnificent cake made in the shape of Exmouth lifeboat, just one of the attractions at a dance at Langslone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish, organised by 13 of the water sport clubs on the River Exe. The... - View image in PDF

DURING the summer the Naming Cere- monies were held for four new Motor Life-boats, the Manchester and, Salford, the Centenary gift of the Manchester and Salford Branch; the Milburn, the gift of the late Sir Charles Stamp Milburn and Mr....

Knockdown . . .

. . . DURING A WINTER OF UNUSUAL FEROCITY IN THE EARLY HOURS of Christmas Eve 1977 Kilmore lifeboat, the 37ft Oakley Lad Murphy, and St Ives lifeboat, the 37ft" Oakley 'Frank Pen/old...

Help yourself....and the R.N.LI.

s cial rates ans to buy u want- now! Every loan a RNLI member takes out, under a special arrangement with Mercantile Credit Company Limited, means a welcome donation to the R.N.L.I. funds....

spIRIt Storyteller, boatman and hero Anglesey has seen more than its fair share of difficult rescues. Carol Waterkeyn hears how Margaret O’Leary’s grandfather played a pivotal role This year marks the 80th anniversary of an outstanding...

OCTOBER 18TH. - APPLEDORE, DEVON. A south-westerly gale was blowing up the Bristol Channel, with the heaviest seas that had been seen for several years, when at 3.45 in the afternoon the naval officer-in-charge reported that phoenix 194 -...

OCTOBER DURING October life - boats were launched on service 50 times and rescued 41 lives.

ESCORT FOR KETCH IN TOW OF TRAWLER Walmer, Kent. At 1.42 early on the morning of the 1st of October, 1958, the coastguard told the...