LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

STEAMER PASSENGER SPOTS FLARES Rhyl, Flintshire. At 7.25 on the evening of the 12th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a passenger on board the steamer St. Tudno of Liverpool had reported seeing red flares six to...

LIFE-BOAT COXSWAIN DIES AFTER HIS FISHING BOAT SINKS Coverack, Cornwall. On Tuesday the 30th of July, 1963, a telephone message was received by the second coxswain from the mechanic that the fishing vessel Bessey III, of Coverack, owned by...

PADSTOW.—The Albert Edward Lifeboat put off during a strong gale from the N.W., arid a very heavy sea, and with great difficulty rescued the crew, consist- ing of four men, from the schooner Favorite, of Quimper, which had lost her sails and...

Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 2.26 early on the morning of the 27th of November, 1954, the coastguard tele- phoned that the motor vessel Grams- bergen, of Holland, had run ashore in Fishguard harbour. At 3.5 the life- boat White Star was...

RIDLEY HOUSE, Felixstowe College, whose interest in the Life-boat Service is so great that it has formed a Ladies' Life-boat Guild within the House, has staged two competitions for the benefit of the Service. One is a general know- ledge...

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Keeping history preserved I read the feature on the National lifeboat Collection at Chatham with great interest, unfortunately the collection does not include the 'jewel in the crown', the oldest existing lifeboat in the world - the... - View image in PDF

Veteran of the Rohilla rescue, Henry Vernon, renamed, Rohilla, and photographed in 1935 when she was privately owned.. - View image in PDF