LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
August
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AUGUST 2ND. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBJULY RIDES. About five in the evening information was received from the coastguard that a motor boat appeared to be in difficulties off Greanhead. A south-east...
Category: Services
March (1)
BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. On the evening of 16th January, 1942, the steamer R. J. Cullen, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, was blown ashore at Leanish Point, on the S.E. side of Barra, by a S.E. gale, and on the 16th January, 1942, the Barra...
Category: Services
Maren
WEYMOUTH.—On the morning of the 1st November several vessels were reported to be driving out of Portland Boads towards the shore, and the crew of the Agnes Harriet Life-boat were summoned, and remained in readiness in case their services...
Aberystwyth Tractor Trials Anticipation
(Above): The photographic record of the tractor trials of 1952 reproduced from THE LIFEBOAT, winter 195213, is affectionately treasured as part of the folklore of the RNLI.
The trials were completely successful, the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Skylark
Margate, Kent - At 2.46 p.m. on gth April, 1967, news was received that the motor launch Skylark was in difficulties about 400 yards off Herne Bay. The lifeboat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched at 3.14 in a north easterly...
The Helen Peele's Summer Cruise: 1927
By Captain H. G. Innes, R.N., Inspector of Life-boats for the Western District.
[Each summer the Institution's steamtug, Helen Peele, which is stationed at Padstow, Cornwall, for the purpose of taking the two Padstow...
Category: Articles
On 28Th September 1968 the Harwich Life-Boat Margaret Graham Which Is a 44-Foot Steel Boat Landed the Skipper of the Barge Spithead Who Had Head Injuries After Fallin
On 28th September, 1968, the Harwich life-boat Margaret Graham, which is a 44-foot steel boat, landed the skipper of the barge Spithead who had head injuries after falling from the foredeck to the main deck.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr. S. Macdonald, F.R.I.N.A., M.I.E.S.S., S.N.A.M.E., Has Been Appointed Chief Staff Officer (Technical) of the R.N.L.I. Mr. Macdonald Is Married and Is Aged 50. He Was Educated at Greenock A
Mr. S. Macdonald, F.R.I.N.A., M.I.E.S.S., S.N.A.M.E., Has Been Appointed Chief Staff Officer (Technical) of the R.N.L.I. Mr. Macdonald Is Married and Is Aged 50. He Was Educated at Greenock A. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Birthday Honours
HONOURS bestowed on those associated with the Life-boat Service in the Birthday Honours for 1958 included :— C.B.E.
Brigadier J. W. H. Gow, O.B.E., D.L., a member of the Committee of Management and chairman of the Glasgow...
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Longhope, Orkney - At 1.45 p.m.
on ist November, 1966 the honorary secretary received from the local doctor an urgent request for the services of the life-boat to convey a very seriously ill patient to Balfour hospital,...