LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
IT is NOW possible to become a member of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. Up to now anyone interested could become a member of a branch or guild of the R.N.L.I., a governor of the Institution, an honorary vice-president, or a member...
Category: Articles
Services of Life-Boats
HAUXLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND.—On the 5th of January, 1854, the brig Earl of Newburgh, of Shields, coal laden, brought up in a sinking state in Coquet Roads, the wind blowing a gale from the eastward at the time. The danger to her crew being...
Category: Services
Shoreline
ANOTHER YEAR has come to the end, and a very successful one it was for Shoreline. Membership is well in excess of 97,000, and although we did not reach our target of 100,000 we were not all that far off. I doubt whether we shall be many...
Category: Articles
The Liberian Cargo Ship Irene Aground on South Ronaldsay Orkney. It Was Her Call for Help Which Led to the Longhope Life-Boat Being Called Out. the Irene's Crew Were Resc
The Liberian cargo ship Irene aground on South Ronaldsay, Orkney. It was her call for help which led to the Longhope life-boat being called out. The Irene's crew were rescued by coastguards.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
SAVING LIVES AT SEA IS A BIG HIT
Did you see Saving Lives at Sea?
The Summer BBC documentary was a big hit with viewers, drawing 3M in its first episode. For the first time ever, film crews were given an access-all-areas pass to the RNLI's stations, lifeboats...
Category: Articles
Robert John Gammon
June, 1984 Robert John Gammon, motor mechanic of The Mumbles lifeboat from 1947 to 1971 after serving for three months as assistant motor mechanic. Mr Gammon was awarded the Royal Humane Society testimonial inscribed on vellum in...
Category: Obituaries
Nola and a 10-Feet Outboard Dinghy
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 8.45 in the morning of the 2nd of June, 1952, the Walton-on-the-Naze coastguard telephoned that the pilot cutter Penlee had reported a small yacht in distress about two miles north-east of Sunk Head Tower. At...
Pilot Me, Success, Provider A and Lead Us
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the afternoon of the 30th of December, 1955, it was reported that four local fishing boats were still at sea. Conditions at the harbour bar were dangerous, and at 1.54 the no. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworih was launched....
When Severe Flooding Took Place In Guildford In September 1968 An RNLI Inshore Rescue Boat from the RFD Co Ltd Factory at Godalming Surrey Was Used for Resc
When severe flooding took place in Guildford in September, 1968, an R.N.L.l. - View image in PDF
inshore rescue boat from the R.F.D. Co. Ltd. factory at Godalming, Surrey, was used for rescue purposes in the High Street.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Right: Up to the Middle 1930S Families 'sailed' In This Way to Kilnsea for a Spot of Relaxation By Courtesy of 'sun' 'Yorkshire Post' and Topical Press Agency
Right: Up to the middle 1930s families 'sailed' in this way to Kilnsea for a spot of relaxation. - View image in PDF
by courtesy of 'Sun', 'Yorkshire Post' and Topical Press Agency. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs