LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
H.M.S. Witherington
APRIL 29TH. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 11.30 at night a message was received at Cullercoats from the Blyth coastguard that a destroyer was in need of help at the entrance to the Tyne. A strong westnorth- west...
H.M.S. Witherington (1)
APRIL 29TH. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 11.3 at night a message was received at Cullercoats from the Blyth coastguard that a destroyer was in need of help at the entrance to the Tyne. A strong westnorth- west...
April
Launches 41 Lives rescued 56
APRIL 3RD. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
A message was received from the son of the life-boat coxswain, Dumble, that his father and his father’s partner were out in their crab-boat...
Category: Services
North Ferriby Ladies' Guild
When North Ferriby ladies' guild opened its thrift shop in 1977 £800 was raised, but by 1981 profits had soared to over £6,000. Among other guild activities was a Christmas evening held at the home of Mr and Mrs J. Hetherington... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr. Smith's Club, Brazil Street, Manchester, Held a Life-Boat Evening Recently and These Girls(Above), Helped to Make the Occasion a Memorable One. Proceeds Were Given to the R.N.L.I. on the Ri
Mr. Smith's Club, Brazil Street, Manchester, held a life-boat evening recently and these girls(above), helped to make the occasion a memorable one. Proceeds were given to the R.N.L.I. On the right is Mrs. Ruth Manrot who was selected as... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain William Fleming, G.C.
WILLIAM FLEMING, former coxswain of the Gorleston life-boat, died on the 30th of September, 1954, at the age of 89.
He was born in 1865 and first served as a member of the Gorleston crew before he was twenty. He became...
Category: Obituaries
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Governors The following have been appointed Honor- ary Life-Governors of the Institution and are presented with a copy of the vote inscribed on Vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution: MRS....
Category: Awards
September Three: Naming Ceremonies at Aberdeen Weymouth and Ramsgate
Aberdeen, Wednesday, September 8: Lowering skies, spatters of rain and a chill wind greeted guests invited to Aberdeen's Regent Quay for the naming ceremony of the station's new 54' Arun class lifeboat, BP Forties; but the...
Category: Inaugurations
Naming Ceremonies
As briefly reported in the July issue of THE LIFE-BOAT (page 154) a number of life-boat naming ceremonies have taken place.
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire: the 44-foot steel life-boat Arthur & Blanche Harris was named by...
Category: Inaugurations
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life Governor1 One new honorary life governor, MR. B. V.
HOWELL, M.B.E., has been appointed in recognition of his services to the Institution.
At the annual general meeting of the Institution on...
Category: Awards