LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Aloma
Portrush, Co. Antrim; Campbeltown, Argyllshire; and Donaghadee, Co. Down.
—On the morning of the 12th of July, 1952, a man, together with his wife and two sons, were cruising off the coast of County Antrim in the...
Life-Belts on Board Our Merchant-Ships
IT is now thirteen years ago that the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, called previously to that time the " NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK," seriously undertook and commenced the national work of...
Category: Articles
Portrait of a Coxswain
THE photograph shows Coxswain William Coull, of Girvan, Ayrshire. He was appointed coxswain on 5th May, 1960. Previously, after nearly six months as bowman, he served from September, 1956, as second coxswain. Since he joined the crew in 1956... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Carl Palmby
Carl Palmby, awarded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum together with an inscribed wristwatch, holding a medallion presented to him by the Southern Gas Angling Society of which the man he rescued on February 27, 1981, is a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Right) the Mass Start of a Mini Marathon Organised By Sodbury
(Right) The mass start of a mini marathon organised by Sodbury and District branch on September 27, 1981, when £3,000 was raised for the RNLI. A total of 329 runners ran the 15-mile course and enjoyed it so much that the marathon is to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Two Great Services on the East Coast. Cromer Norfolk; Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Norfolk; Southwold, Suffolk; Lowestoft, Suffolk
AT 8.30, in the evening of 21st November, 1927, the Motor Life-boat at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston was launched in response to a wireless message received from s.s. Trent that help was urgently required to save the lives of the crew of the...
Category: Services
Wellington (1)
PLYMOUTH and YEALM RIVER.—On the night of the 28th of January the Plymouth Life-boat Clemency and the Yealm River Life-boat Bowman went out in reply to signals of distress shown by the barque Wellington, of Windsor, N.S. The wind was blowing...
The Life-Boat Service and the War
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 144 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 16 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to 31st October, 1939 ... - 66,604 The Life-boat Service and the...
Category: Articles
A Drifter
Filey, Yorkshire.—14th September.
A drifter went ashore in a fog, but was towed off by motor cobles.—Rewards, £20 14s. 6d..
A Trawler (1)
NOVEMBER 26TH. BALLYCOTTON CO.
CORK. A trawler had come into harbour sounding signals, but she needed provisions and was not in distress. - Rewards, £13 14s. 6d..