LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sir Charles H. Wilson, LL.D, F.S.A.A., of Leeds
BY the death, on 30th December, 1930, at the age of seventy-four, of Sir Charles Wilson, LL.D., F.S.A.A., Chairman of its Leeds Branch, the Institution has lost one of the most distinguished of its honorary workers. In spite of his many...
Category: Obituaries
Treasure and Fair Beagle
Six saved from two separate vessels in hurricane-force conditionsThe rescue of four fishermen and two yachtsmen, in separate incidents and in hurricane force winds, has earned Second Coxswain Rodney Burge of Amble lifeboat station the Thanks...
A Rescue Off the Minquiers Reef
AT 3.10 early on the morning of the 15th of December, 1953, the harbour radio station reported that the motor vessel Brockley Combe, of Bristol, had wirelessed that she had struck the Minquiers Reef and needed help immediately. The Brockley...
Category: Services
To Show That He Is Still Young at 60 Gordon Gav/Or Planned a Marathon of 12 Sports
To show that he is still young at 60, Gordon Gav/or planned a marathon of 12 sports which he had to complete within 12 hours. In order of performance, they were: glider flying, swimming, boxing, cycling, roller skating, accordion playing,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fred Thomson, of Dundee
WINCHELSEA.—On the 21st January, at 2.30 A.M. the Life-boat Storm Sprite was launched, in consequence of signals of distress being observed from the brig Fred Thomson, of Dundee, which vessel, while on a voyage from Boston to London, had got...
Ths Beautiful Setting of Longstock Water Gardens Is Set to Raise Funds for the RNLI
Ths beautiful setting of Longstock Water Gardens is set to raise funds for the RNLI. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Past and Present
100 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT February 1891 CIVIL SERVICE LIFEBOAT FUND At the annual meeting of the committee of this fund, held on the 16th January last, and presided over by Mr.
Charles G. Turner,...
Category: Articles
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 26 May 1993 show that so tar during 1993: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 661 times (an average of more than 4 launches a day) 134 lives have been saved (an average of nearly one a day)...
Category: Articles
Keep Your Kit On
Earlier this year GMTV set up a nationwide search for the 'sexiest man in uniform'. Thousands of applications were received and the panel of judges had the tough task of whittling down the entrants to a final 12. One of the 12 was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ships' Life-Boats
ON another page we record one of the most fearful catastrophes that has ever happened on the seas. The burning of the emigrant ship Austria, with 528 persons on board, of whom no less than 471 were drowned, suffocated, or burned to death.<...
Category: Articles