LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
ANYONE who has studied with care the transcript of evidence before the Sheriff's Court in Aberdeen, which investigated the causes of the capsize of the Fraserburgh life-boat last January, and the findings of the court itself, must be...
Category: Articles
Dorothea
The Life- boat James Stevens No. 14 left her moorings at 6.45 P.M. on the 27th April to go to the assistance of the barge Dorothea of Harwich, which was in difficulties about 1| mile from the Naze. Her sails had all been blown to pieces, her...
The Cooperative Bank
The COOPERATIVE BANK A Loan from I **•/ is as near as your phone o APR Specially negotiated rates for RNLI members Borrow any amount between £500-£15,000 Funds transferred directly to your bank account Monthly repayment LOAN £...
Category: Advertisement
Portrait of a Coxswain
THE photograph shows Coxswain Harold Parkinson, of Lytham St. Anne's, Lancashire. He became coxswain in April, 1959, and was awarded the Institution's bronze medal in 1962 for the rescue of the four members of a yacht's crew. He... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Birthday Honours
AMONG those associated with the life- boat service on whom honours were bestowed in the Birthday Honours list were: Knight Bachelor: Alderman Martin Wallace, J.P., former president of the Belfast branch.
Companion of the...
Category: Awards
Across the Years
50 years ago the RNLI linked the Battle of Britain with the Isle of Man Fifty years ago this autumn, at a little before 10 o'clock on Tuesday 3 September 1940, the emotionless voice of an airfield controller scrambled a small group of...
Category: Articles
Lifeguards award
The Alison Saunders’ Lifeguarding Award 2010 will be presented to Jamie Rowlands and Andy Waterfield of Polzeath Beach, Cornwall, for rescuing two surfers on 29 October.
In a demonstration of seamanship worthy of an...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—Early on the morning of the 7th April, 1866, signals of distress were seen by the beachmen in the direction of the Cockle Sand. The weather was hazy, with a strong breeze blowing from E.N.E.
The...
Category: Services
The Motor Cruisers Lady Betty and Celeriter
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 7.30 on the morning of the 7th of November, 1952, the life-boat E.M.E.D. left Harwich for her station, after towing in the motor barge Sway. At the same time the Walton-on-the-Naze j coastguard telephoned the...
Notes of the Quarter
A NUMBER of important developments took pJace during the late summer of 1963 in the process, which is a con- tinuous and unending one, of moderniz- ing and improving the life-boat fleet.
A decision was taken to install...
Category: Articles