LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Parkwood
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 11.33 on the morning of the 4th of November, 1953, the Walton-on-the-Naze coast- guard rang up to say that the S.S.
Parkwood, of Middlesbrough, with a crew of fifteen, had run ashore on the...
(Right) the Day Itself:
(right) The day itself: Some of the Bottle Stall team ready for action, (I. to r.) Mrs Meg Myerscough, Mrs Ann Daly, Patrick McLarnon, Mrs Zita Mulhern and Mrs Gaby Mooney..
Category: Articles
A Greek Steamer
AUGUST 2 6TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.
DONEGAL. A Greek steamer which had apparently been torpedoed was drifting about three miles out at sea, but she had been abandoned by her crew and was too large for the life-boat to attempt to...
Hod o' the Wind
SLOOP AGROUND Skegness, Lincolnshire, and Wells, Norfolk. At 10.40 p.m. on igth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the Skegness honorary secretary that the sloop Hod o' the Wind was overdue on passage from Boston Ham to Gibralter Point...
The Sailing Smack Challenger
On the 20th October the coastguard saw flares for help from the sailing smack Challenger, of Lowestoft, which, with a crew of four on board, was aground on the bank at the end of the north extension, and at 6.38 P.M. the motor life-boat...
In This Issue
In this issue News 2 Letters 9 Feature From saving goals to saving lives 10 A football tournament on Bournemouth beach in the summer kicked off a fun day of fundraising 14 Lifeboats in action Amazing rescues - including accounts of one...
Category: Contents
A Rare Chance to See Five RNLI Lifeboats Together.
X rare chance to see five FtNLI lifeboats together. The occasion was a visit by the Dutch lifeboat sen/ice on 13 January.
L-R; Relief fleet Tyne class lifeboat Good Shepherd, Arbroath Mersey class lifeboat Inchcape,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
150th Anniversary of Newhaven Station
COLONEL A. D. BURNETT BROWN, Secretary of the Institution, presented a certificate inscribed on vellum to the Newhaven branch on the 21st of September, 1955. This certificate commemorated the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the...
Category: Awards
Llfracombe Celebrated Its 150Th Anniversary With An Hour-Long Ceremony at the Lifeboat Station on the Pier on Saturday September 23 1978 When (Left) a Commemora (1)
llfracombe celebrated its 150th anniversary with an hour-long ceremony at the lifeboat station on the pier on Saturday September 23, 1978, when (left) a commemorative vellum was presented by Mrs Georgina Keen, a member of the Committee of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Wimbledon
On the 31st of October, 1956, the Sheringham, Norfolk, life-boat rescued eighteen survivors from the S.S. Wimbledon. For this service the silver medal for gallantry was awarded to Coxswain H. E. West and the bronze medal to Motor Mechanic E....