LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Sailing Boat (1)
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—7th August, 1938. A small sailing boat had been reported missing, but she returned while a search for her was being made.
A letter of thanks to the life-boat was received, and a donation.—Rewards,...
The Sailing Barge William Cleverly
Early on the morning of the 18th December the coastguard telephoned that a sailing barge was dragging her anchor about three miles E. by N. of the pier, and the motor life-boat Edward Z. Dresden was launched at 1.52 A.M. A moderate south...
A Sailing Dinghies and Segel
DINGHIES IN TROUBLE At 11.50 a.m. on 7th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that three sailing dinghies had capsized seaward of the harbour and, with about 20 dinghies in the area, the safety boat escorting them would be...
The Last of the Sailing Life-Boats
As the last of the sailing life-boats was replaced by a motor life-boat on the 12th of December, 1948, the term motor lifeboat will no longer be used. " Life-boat" will mean "motor life-boat." The one boat remaining which...
Category: Inaugurations
The Gathering at Walford School Ealing for the Cheque Handing-Over (See Below) the School Has Adopted the Whitstable IRB
The gathering at Walford School, Ealing, for the cheque handing-over (see below). The school has adopted the Whitstable IRB.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sailing Boat Hilda Kate
TOW FOR BOAT BECALMED Weymouth, Dorset. At 1.40 early on the morning of the 5th August, 1962, the police informed the honorary secretary that a sailing boat with a boy and girl on board was overdue, and at two o'clock the life-boat Frank...
Older Lifeboats Had An Honoured Place: the Elliott Gill (Left) One of the Liverpool Lifeboats and Robert and Ellen Robson the Ex- Whitby Pulling Boat a Launching Tract
Older lifeboats had an honoured place: The Elliott Gill (left), one of the Liverpool lifeboats, and Robert and Ellen Robson, the ex- Whitby pulling boat. - View image in PDF
A launching tractor nearby was a constant joy to children.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sailing Vessel Wander Bird
On the evening of the 1st October a message was received from Horse Sand Fort that a vessel was stranded about two hundred yards north of Southsea Castle.
A strong N.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life...
The Sailing Boat Seagull (1)
Lowestoft, and Kessingland, Suffolk.— On the afternoon of 16th September, 1938, the coastguard reported that he had seen the sailing boat Sea-gull, of Lowestoft, capsize about three miles south of the harbour entrance. A fresh south breeze...
Sailing on Through Stormy Seas
Highlights from the Chairman's report to the Annual General Meeting on 22 May 2003At the Lifeboats AGM in May, Chairman Peter Nicholson looked back over another successful year, but warned that the Institution needs to react to a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs