The Samtampa remembered On browsing through the Summer 1992 edition of THE LIFEBOAT I saw an article refering to the Mumbles lifeboat and Samtampa tragedy.
At that time I was stationed at Porthcawl with the RAF No. 1105...
Category: Correspondence
THE Fastnet race—famous among yachtsmen the world over for its tough course of over 600 miles from Cowes to round the Fastnet rock off the south-west of Ireland—is contested only by strong and experienced crews. This year there were nearly...
Category: Articles
On the 9th De- j cember, at 11 P.M., the ship Stralsund, of Stralsund, was driven on a ledge of rocks east of Kimeridge. A heavy storm and dark night did not prevent the crew of the Mary Heape Life-boat, which is one of the smallest on the...
Boxmoor and Hemel Hcmpstead branch introduced an auction of small antiques into its annual wine and cheese party this year.
Eighty lots, ranging from antique candlesticks to sets of knives and forks, were put under the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
One of the objects of selling life-boat souvenirs is to remind people of the service and to draw attention to its work. Recently Mr. Barrie T. Kendall, C. Eng., M.R.I.N.A., Mem. S.N.A.M.E., M.N.E.C. Inst., A.M.I.Mar E., of Waltonon- Thames,...
Category: Donations
The officers and men of the three fighting services have shown their gratitude by the way in which they responded in 1940 to the appeal which each year the Institution makes to them. The Navy and the Air Force contributed five times as much...
Category: Articles
Last year the three fighting services, with their women's services, gave the Lifeboat Service more than ever before, £25,508. That is £6,123 more than in 1942..
Category: Articles
On the 9th October, 1939, the Cromer life-boat rescued the crew of twenty- nine of the S.S. Mount Ida, of Piraeus.
COXSWAIN HENRY G. BLOGG was awarded a second clasp to his silver medal.
SECOND COXSWAIN...
Category: Articles
When William Goodwin, aged 8, and his sister Maureen, aged 6, were on holiday at Lancing, Sussex, they launched a small boat they had found on the beach and were swept out to sea on 17th September, 1968.
After two hours... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs