LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Enthusiasts' Society
THE Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society is now in its eighth year. It was formed in 1964 and at the outset had only eight members. From this very small beginning membership has grown over the years. At first progress was slow, but in the last...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 10th November, 1938.
Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.
Reported the receipt of the following special contributions:—• Mr. C. V. Thomas, C.A. . . 1,500 0 0 R.N.D. . . ...
Category: Committee
Sponsored Walks Sails Silences Swims Joan Manning Dos (Midland Shires) Greets Adam Chinery and Graham Pocock of Wrekin College As They Arrive at Worcest
Sponsored walks, sails, silences, swims . . . Joan Manning, DOS (Midland Shires), greets Adam Chinery and Graham Pocock, of Wrekin College, as they arrive at Worcester at the end of a 100-mile sponsored paddle from... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Launches
Aberdeen ON-1248:Jun27.Jul2 D-536 Junl. Jul2. JulB, Julie Abersoch B-582:Jun24.Jul20,Jul25.Jul28.
Jul3t{x2) Aberystwyth B-704 Jun18.Jun20.Jun2l.Jul1, Jul5. Jul7. Jul22. Ju126, Jul27.
Jul2g Jul30 Achill...
Category: Services
Left: Alan Tate
Left: Alan Tate, superintendent of the Inshore Lifeboat Centre, Cowes. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New Ways of Raising Money
When the Barnt Green ladies' life-boat guild had their annual meeting the collecting box from the Barnt Green sailing club was opened. It contained over £3 —mostly in half-crowns. This is because there is a local rule in the sailing...
Category: Donations
An Angling Boat
Dark Blackpool When a man in a 5m angling boat off Blackpool had difficulty landing in force 5 winds and darkness, he aborted the attempt and took the boat back out to sea. It was 21 December 2004 and the Atlantic 75 lifeboat Bickerstaffe...
Le Fleme
St. Helier, Jersey, and St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—12th July, 1938. Anxiety was felt for the French yacht Le Flerne, which had been missing since leaving Cherbourg five days earlier, but no trace could be found of her.—Rewards: St. Helier,...
A Yacht (7)
AUGUST 28TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. A yacht had gone ashore on rocks under high cliffs, but the life-boat could not get to her, and her crew were rescued by the Freshwater coastguard life-saving apparatus, who were awarded the shield for...
Snowdon
During a whole W.S.W. gale on the night of the 20th February signals of distress were observed fr«m a vessel in.
the St. Tudwell's Eoads. Throughout the day it had been seen that the vessels there had been having...