LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Trawler (1)
27th February. A trawler ran ashore, but the Board of Trade rocket apparatus had rescued the crew before the life-boat arrived.— Rewards, £10 6s. 3d..
Water and wine
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Category: Articles
Past and Present
50 Years Ago Ship on Fire By Lieutenant L. A. C. May, R.M. (Ret.), Honorary Secretary, Holy head Station.
The telephone rings loud and loud; time 5.25 am, 22nd March 1937. 1 hasten to answer it and am informed by the...
Category: Articles
Shoreline
FROM THE TIME that the RNLI first introduced its membership scheme at the Boat Show in 1969, the subscription has remained unchanged at £3, but it has now been decided that an increase must be made. From November 1, therefore, for new...
Category: Articles
Brian Potts (I) Who Came Ashore In 1976 After 16 Years at Sea As An Engineer Officer In the Merchant Navy Presents a Painting to Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum It Wa
Brian Potts (I.), who came ashore in 1976 after 16 years at sea as an engineer officer in the Merchant Navy, presents a painting to Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum. It was accepted by Alderman Cecil Baker c.), station honorary secretary, and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Royal National Life-Boat Institution
Royal National Life-Boat Institution.
Patroness — HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
Vice Patron— -His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.
President — His GRACE THE DUKE OF...
Category: Advertisement
Duke of Northumberland's Life-Boat Essay Competition, 1931
THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- boat Essay Competition, was held this year for the eleventh time. As in the previous year, the Institution has pre- sented eight Challenge Shields and 280 individual awards, that is to say, a Challenge...
Category: Articles
Howth
On the 2nd May a large four-masted barque was observed at anchor in Torbay flying a signal for assistance. The Coastguard reported the matter to the Harbour Master, and within a quarter of an hour of the crew being summoned the Life- boat...
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On the after- noon of the llth January, a doctor asked for the life-boat to go to Caldy Island to fetch to the mainland a girl who had been badly burnt and was in great pain. It would have been dan- gerous to fetch her in an open boat, and...
H.M. Submarine Universal (2)
FEBRUARY 4TH - 6TH. - ST. DAVID’S AND FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE, AND NEW QUAY, AND ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE.
H.M. submarine Universal was on her way to the breaker’s yard. Late on the night of the 3rd of February her...