LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Roaming
Arklow, Co. Wicklow— On the 28th November, 1938, the trawler Roaming, of Arklow, with a crew of three, lost her rudder while fishing in Courtown Bay. She made for Arklow with the flood tide, using trawl boards for steering, and sending up...
The S.S. Northeastern Victory, of San Francisco
DECEMBER 24TH. - WALMER, KENT.
At 12.30 in the afternoon the Deal coastguard reported that a vessel had been seen at noon heading towards the Goodwin Sands.
It was misty, and she had not been seen...
Wolverhampton Branch's Souvenir and Publicity Caravan Splendidly Converted from a Mobile Hot Dog Stall Made Its First Appearance Last May When Ken Dodd and the May
Wolverhampton branch's souvenir and publicity caravan, splendidly converted from a mobile hot dog stall, made its first appearance last May when Ken Dodd and the Mayor of Wolverhampton opened the town's Fiesta from its... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs. E. S. Raymond, of Llandudno
Mrs. Eleanor Stephens Raymond, of Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, who died at the end of September, 1931, was a member of the Branch Committee at Llandudno, and Honorary Secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. She had been associated with...
Category: Obituaries
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Pier rescue The Redcar relief Atlantic 21 lifeboat Himley Hall was returning from a false alarm when the Coastguard asked the crew to investigate a report of children in difficulty at the end of Saltburn Pier. The lifeboat arrived quickly...
Income and Expenditure for 1933
EXPENDITURE.
Life-boats :— £ s. d. £ s. d.
New Life-boats for the following stations :—On account— Aberystwyth, Anstruther, Dungeness, Exmouth, Lizard, Llandudno, Longhope,...
Category: Accounts
Then And Now
tHen AnD noW State of the art When crowds gathered in Dover on 10 July 1930 to see the naming of a new 20m motor lifeboat, they were to witness an historic moment for the RnLi.
named Sir William Hillary after the founder of...
Category: Articles
Mr. C. B. Stoddart, of Cardiff
Mr. C. B. Stoddart, who died last December, had for sixteen years been Honorary Secretary of the Cardiff and Penarth Branch. He was a well-known and very popular figure in Cardiff, being the represei tive there of the Bowring Shipping...
Category: Obituaries
Going postal
We’ve all had to sort through junk mail – a lot of it goes straight in the recycling and some is put aside for that lazy afternoon when we might want to order pizza, a taxi or a window cleaner. Charities send unsolicited mail too but, for...
Category: Articles
Bob Vowles,
April 1998 Bob Vowles, St Peter Port lifeboat station mechanic. He also served at the station as assistant mechanic and a crew member.
Category: Obituaries