LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Three Medal Services. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire; Humber, Yorkshire; Gorleston, Suffolk
ON 25th November, just before eight o'clock in the morning, the Donna Nook Life-boat went out in answer to signals of distress. The conditions could not have been worse. A whole gale was blowing from the north. A tremendous sea was...
Category: Medals
Choosing An Oak Crook for the Stem of a Life-Boat
The Institution's two timber-converters at work.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A New Fish Quay Development Was the Catalyst for Tynemouth's New Facilities
A new fish quay development was the catalyst for Tynemouth's new facilities. The derelict East Jetty was repiled and re-decked to provide this boathouse and davit for the D class and an afloat berth for the all-weather... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Scarborough Life-Boat J. G. Graves of Sheffield Which Was Built In 1958
The Scarborough life-boat J. G. Graves of Sheffield which was built in 1958. A lifeboat station was first established there in 1801 -23 years before the Institution was founded.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs. R. M. Reed Arriving on Cromer Pier for the Life-Boat Naming Ceremony
Mrs. R. M. Reed arriving on Cromer pier for the life-boat naming ceremony. With her is Coxswain Henry 'Shrimp' Davies and members of the life-boat crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left) Two Pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea Sgt George Wolfe (Left)
(Left) Two pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Sgt George Wolfe (left) and Sgt Robert Moy (right), persuaded visitors to put more than £4,000 in their collecting boxes at the London Boat Show.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hrh the Duchess of Kent Pictured With Coxswain Steve Shaw Aboard Roy Barker I
HRH The Duchess of Kent pictured with coxswain Steve Shaw aboard Roy Barker I after the naming ceremony. - View image in PDF
Photo Brian Green. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Forty-Five Hours on the Goodwins. Thirty Lives Rescued from An Italian Steamer
By L. H. Shelvey, Honorary Secretary of the Walmer Station AT ten past three on the afternoon of Friday the 2nd of January, the coastguard telephoned to me that a vessel appeared to be aground on the Goodwin Sands, one and a half miles...
Category: Services
IRB Launches. Rescues by IRB's in August were Carried out by the Following Stations
Rescues by IRB's in August were carried out by the following stations: NORTH WEST Moelfre, Anglesey - At 9.28 a.m. on 16th August, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a boat was in difficulties in Red Wharf bay. The IRB...
Category: Services
IRB Launches. Rescues by IRBs in December were carried out by the following stations
Rescues by IRBs in December were carried out by the following stations: NORTH-WEST DISTRICT Morecambe, Lancashire - At 2.15 p.m. on 3rd December, 1966, the police were informed that a small boy angling from the shore was in difficulties...
Category: Services