LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ann, of Blyth
On the 12th June the brig Ann, of Blyth, parted her cables in a S.E. gale, in Alnmouth Bay, and was driven ashore. The small four-oared self-righting life-boat belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was quickly launched in a heavy...
Fishing Cobles
As the return of the local cobles from the fishing- grounds on the 22nd January was at- tended with considerable risk, due to the strong E.S.E. gale which had sud- denly arisen, the Life-boat was launched at 7.30 A.M. to assist them. The...
Scott Bader
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Category: Advertisement
A Bronze Medal Service By the Stromness Motor Life-Boat
ON the 1st January the Motor Life-boat at Stromness, in the Orkneys, performed a fine service which illustrates very clearly the value of motor-power. At 9.15 A.M. the news was received at Stromness from Birsay that a vessel was in distress...
Category: Medals
Mr. Ernest Armstrong
BY the death of Mr. Ernest Armstrong, of Eastbourne, on the 3rd of June, 1952, at the age of 78, the Life-boat Service has lost one of its most devoted and energetic friends, and the committee of management a col- league whose help and...
Category: Obituaries
Bronze Medal for a Brave Irish Boy
As our readers know, the Institution makes awards for all rescues or attempted rescues of those in peril from shipwreck round the coasts of the United Kingdom, whether the rescues are performed by the Life-boat crews themselves or by private...
Category: Medals
People and Places
Since the last Annual Presentation of Awards Meeting, the Committee of Management has awarded 3 Honorary Life Governorships, 10 Bar to Gold Badges and 55 Gold Badges. Each of the following entries states the dates of the first and latest...
Category: Articles
The calm before the storm
‘There was peace and quiet ... that can change within seconds when the pager goes off.'
That contrast was the inspiration behind this prize-winning photo by RNLI Crew Member Neville Murphy....
Category: Articles
Fire at Sea
'Very competently handled,' was the verdict of Portpatrick's honorary secretary after his crew put out a blaze aboard the yacht Roimbahn. - View image in PDF
with three men and two dogs aboard, on 24 August.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Net Profit
Hilti Industries of West Bromwich supported two of their managers, Martin Parker and Jim Coombes (who is also a member of the Stourbridge branch) by sponsoring them in a 24- hour deep sea fish to raise funds for Aberdovey lifeboat..View image in PDF
Category: Photographs