LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Keila and S.S. Lady Anstruther
STEAMERS IN COLLISION IN FOG The Humber, Yorkshire.—At about 9.25 in the morning of the 16th of August, 1947, the Mablethorpe coastguard re- ported that the.S.S. Keila, of Glasgow, had been in collision in a fog with the S.S. Lady Anstruther...
Lionel 'steps In' and Saves the Day...
Heft) Lionel Blair announces the winners and entertains the gathered crowds, (above) Stormy Stan, hereof the RNLI's junior membership scheme. Storm Force, mixes with showbiz.. - View image in PDF
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The Minesweeper Lady Stanley and Stalker
JANUARY 15T H . - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. At about 10.5 P.M. the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station reported a vessel sounding S.O.S. to the N.W. of the Gate Ship.
A moderate N.W. breeze was blowing, with a slight sea. It was...
Another Day... Another Service!
Another day... another service! Poole's Atlantic 75 was called out a couple of weeks before the events chronicled above, and while in the middle of her naming ceremony, when Poole's shallows and tidal streams caught out another yacht... - View image in PDF
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Queensferry's Lifeboat Open Day
Clockwise from top right: Highland dancers, RNLI supporter Pat 'Pirate' Mulraney and children's entertainer Scott Lovatt all helped to make the open day a roaring success Photos: Hamish . - View image in PDF
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London Life-Boat Day and Lifeboat Matinee
LAST year Life-boat Day in Greater London felt on the first day of the General Strike. Over £2,700 was collected, a large sum in such exceptionally difficult circumstances, but not half what it Lad been toped to raise. This year a...
Category: Articles
All on a Winter's Night
I WAS just finishing my tea and con- gratulating myself that we had no calls for a fortnight, although it was winter and a stormy one at that, when the news came. There was a loud, sharp knock at the door. Bess (my wife) looked up from...
Category: Articles
All In a Good Causeway
Dedicated lifeboat supporter Eileen Whittingham from Solihull raised more than £1,100 for the RNLI when she walked the length of the causeway to Corbiere Lighthouse on Jersey.
What made the walk so special is that... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fishing Trawlers Perseverance, and the Ellen and Ann
LLANDUDNO.—The Sunlight No. 1 Lifeboat, manned by its efficient crew, rendered its first service in saving life during the heavy gale which prevailed along the coast on the 7th October. Early that morning two fishing trawlers from Hoylake,...
(Above) Green Lily
(Above) Green Lily is well and truly ashore ana being pounded by the giant breakers as 'Rescue Lima Charlie' searches fruitlessly for winchman Bill Deacon.. - View image in PDF
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