LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Book Review
" THE LIFE-BOAT AND ITS STORY." By Noel T. Methley. Sidgwick and Jack- son. 7s. 6d.
In our May issue we briefly noted the publication of this book, which reached us too late for review. As the Life- boat Journal...
Category: Articles
Fire Fly
Shorebam Harbour, Sussex.—At 1.4 P.M. on the llth July the coastguard reported that a boat was in distress four and a half miles E.S.E. of Shoreham Harbour. A moderate S.W.
breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To WM. HENRY TRIPP, on his retirement, after serving 12J years as Bowman, 3J years as Second Coxswain, and nearly 14 years as Coxswain of the Porthoustock Life-boat, a Framed Certificate of Service and a Pension.
To MATTHEW...
Category: Awards
A Hundred and Twenty-Five Years Old .The End of the Ketch "Ceres."
ON 24th November the ketch Ceres, of Bude, Cornwall, left Swansea for Bude with a cargo of eighty tons of slag.
Her crew was a skipper and a mate.
They intended to go over Bideford Bar for the night, but...
Category: Articles
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
Raymond Cory Vice Chairman of the Rnli Proposes Vote of Thanks to Countess Mountbatten After the Presentation of Awards
Raymond Cory, Vice Chairman of the RNLI proposes the vote of thanks to Countess Mountbatten after the presentation of awards.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Best Essays
I. By JOAN PATUICIA ROSE JEFFERIS (13), The Circus Church School, Portsmouth, Hants Why I should like to be a Life-boatman.
THERE are many noble callings in life in which workers have lit lamps of self-sacrifice,...
Category: Articles
Wanderer and a Cabin Cruiser
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 21st of October, 1956, the St. Anthony coastguard telephoned that the yacht Wanderer, which was towing a cabin cruiser, appeared to be in difficulties off St. Anthony...
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Walmer.Kent.—On the 6th of August, 1954, two boys walked round the cliff from St. Margaret's to Kingsdown, but were trapped by the tide at Kingsdown. They both tried to swim round the cliff, but one of them got into difficulties. His...
Staithes and Runswick Atlantic 21 Class Lord Bortherton Photo Courtesy of Jeff Morris
Staithes and Runswick Atlantic 21 Class Lord Bortherton Photo Courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs