LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
From Golf and Bowling Clubs
DURING 1947 over forty golf clubs held competitions for the Life-boat Service and these brought it £256.
Five bowling clubs also held con petitions which brought £25, a total of £281..
Category: Donations
Brighter Hope and Mary Joy
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 9.35 in the morning of the 5th of December, 1947, the coastguard reported that four fishing boats were at sea, a strong south- south-east breeze was blowing, a heavy sea running, and the wind and sea increasing....
Boy's Own, Speedwell and Cluaran
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— About noon on the 8th of November, 1948, several of the fishing boats returned to harbour. The north- westerly breeze was light, but there was a very heavy swell at the harbour entrance, and they had...
Galilee and other Fishing Boats
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 10.15 a-mon nth April, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that conditions were deteriorating on the bar and harbour approaches and that the oldest boat in the local fleet was approaching the harbour....
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Category: Advertisement
Coventry Junior and Infant Schools
Edward Mockett, Coventry branch honorary secretary, receives a collecting box back from pupils of one of the 21 Coventry junior and infant schools which between them collected £160 for the RNLI.
photograph by courtesy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ken and Mary at Portrush
The D class lifeboat is named in memory of Ken and Mary Stansfield and was handed over by their grandson Toby Stansfield.
Also present were the Stansfield's two sons, who had flown in from Dorset and Maryland, USA, to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John and Mary, of Shields
At daylight on the 19th October, a large brig was seen to be ashore on the West Sands off this place, with a signal of distress flying in the main rigging. The weather was terrific, a gale of wind blowing from the north, and bringing in a...
Fishing Cobles and A Parachute
FEBRUARY 7TH. - FILEY, AND SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The Filey motor life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 1.10 in the afternoon to stand by the local fishing cobles as a strong south-west wind was blowing and the sea was rough. When the...
The S.S. Ranee
APPLEDORE.—A little before midnight on the 7th October signals were observed and a steam-whistle was heard in the bay, but for some time the signals ceased.
About 2 o'clock on the following morning they were resumed,...