LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Das Wappen von Bremen
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 2nd June, 1938, the crew of seven of the German yacht Das Wappen von Bremen, were rescued by the life-boat.—Rewards: Vellum and monetary awards amounting to £20 10*. 2d., together with a letter to the Board...
Once the Lifeboat Is High and Dry Quarter Stoppers Support Her Entire 32 Tons As the Bridle Is Dismantled
Once the lifeboat is high and dry, quarter stoppers support her entire 32 tons as the bridle is dismantled . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Index to the Gift Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
(Ife Jigwa refer to the number* of tte Life-doatt detailed on pagct 42-53.) A Lady, 16. Carting. Miss. 83, 178. Hollond, Mrs., tbe late, 127. Plimsoll Life-boat Funds, 61- A Lady, per Manchester Cyclist...
Category: Donations
People and Places
Awards to coxswains, creiv members and shore helpers The following coxswains, crew members and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement in 1998. Those entitled to them under the Institution's regulations...
Category: Articles
Vrede (1)
ATTEMPTING TO SALVE A DUTCH STEAMER The Humber, and Bridlington, Yorkshire.
—At about 10.30 in the morning of February 21st, 1947, the master of the motor vessel Vrede, of Rotterdam, which had gone ashore four miles...
Lifeboat Services
Deep water 'rocks' sink yacht Donaghadee Ireland Division Donaghadee's Arun class lifeboat City of Belfast was called to an unusual incident on 2 July 1988 when a Mayday call was heard from a sinking yacht at...
Category: Services
The Lions Club of St.Ives Successfully Completed Its Most Ambitions Project Yet When During 1977 It Raised the Money to Pay for a New D Class Ilb at a Service of De
The Lions Club of St Ives successfully completed its most ambitions project yet when, during 1977. it raised the money to pay for a new D Class ILB. At a service of dedication on Easter Saturday led by The Reverend Di.uglas Freeman. ... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The North Coast of Cornwall As a Suitable Position for a Steam Life-Boat
ON the 8th April this year the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION decided to build and station a Steam Life-boat at Padstow, and it is of considerable inte- rest to pass in review the reasons which led the governing body to adopt such a...
Category: Articles
Around the Coast and Inland
Porthcawl On Saturday September 3, 1983, Porthcawl lifeboat station held the handing over ceremony and service of dedication for its new D class inflatable lifeboat, provided by Mrs Joan Middleton in memory of her husband, Donald Rigley...
Category: Articles
Ben Glas
INJURED HAND At 6.30 a.m. on 2gth January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was on board the trawler Ben Glas a crew member whose hand had been severed and was bleeding profusely.
The Ben Glas...