LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Full Swing
Enthusiastic golfers in Wales raised £2,500 towards an inshore lifeboat at Flint.
Heavy showers were not enough to dampen the spirits of the 20 teams competing at Northop country park. The whole event, organised by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Eastbourne's D Class Inflatable
Eastbourne's D class inflatable comes ashore after another service later in the year. On the night that Ian Stringer won his Silver Medal it was pitch black, there was a 6ft sea, the lifeboat's port sponson was holed and she was full... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Red Lion Brinkley
For a full 24 hours regulars at the Red Lion, Brinkley, played various pub games sponsored in aid of the RNLl. Mine host and hostess, Les and Pat James, stayed up with the players, providing reviving food and drink round the clock. Roger... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
Appledore Atlantic 21 inshore lifeboat breasts heavy surf in Bideford Bay. She was donated by RAF personnel and their families stationed at Wildenrath, Germany, who raised more than £5,000 for the RNLI in just one... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
RESCUE
HUMPBACK WHALE FREED
DART/SALCOMBE | 22 MARCH
RNLI crew never quite know what to expect when they’re called out – this time it was an 8m humpback whale trapped
n fishing gear. The lifeboats helped...
Category: Articles
Nellie
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.44 on the night of the 17th of December, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had been seen to burn flares one mile off Minster, Isle of Sheppey.
At 10.15 the life-boat Greater...
The New Eddystone Lighthouse
ON the 21st June last the Corporation of the Trinity House had arranged that the Foundation Stone of the new Eddystone Lighthouse should be laid—H.E.H. the PRINCE OF WALES having promised to perform the ceremony. Admiral H.R.H. the DUKE OF...
Category: Articles
The Great Storm
THE great storm of the 31st of January —1st of February, 1953, has had a chronicler of distinction in Mr. J.
Lennox Kerr.* Mr. Kerr has recorded the happen- ings at sea around our coasts on those two extraordinary days when...
Category: Articles
the Kathleen, Clarice, Pen Cw and Westmark
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.—About 9.15 on the morning of the 29th of July, 1956, the coastguard reported that he had received warning of a full south- westerly gale, and at 9.45 he stated that several fishing boats were at...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 10th November, 1938.
Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.
Reported the receipt of the following special contributions:—• Mr. C. V. Thomas, C.A. . . 1,500 0 0 R.N.D. . . ...
Category: Committee