LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Jenny Jones of Barmouth
On the 24th March, the smack Jenny Jones, of Barmouth, was observed in a dangerous posi- tion, with signals of distress flying, in Porth- dinllaen Bay, during a gale of wind from N.W. The Cotton Sheppard life-boat was quickly launched, and...
The Ladies' Life-Boat Guild
THE Marchioness of Carisbrooke, who is already associated with the Life-boat Service as President of the Scarborough Branch, has very kindly accepted an invitation from the Committee of Man- agement to become President of the Ladies'...
Category: Articles
Mrs Dorothy Parsons' Father, John Southerden (Left) Stands Guard Over the Rye Lifeboat After the Disaster - See Letter Above.
Mrs Dorothy Parsons' father, John Southerden (left) stands guard over the Rye lifeboat after the disaster - see letter above.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Other IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 170, 181 and 194, the following launches on service were made during the months of March to May, 1966, inclusive: Aberystwyth,...
Category: Services
Trust On, of Peterhead
JANUARY 31ST. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 5.30 in the evening, the coastguard reported a boat showing distress signals a mile and a half north of Peterhead, and the motor life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was...
Gold, of Rochester
Tow in strong gale A VESSEL DRIFTING DANGEROUSLY close to land at Caldrine Bay was reported to HM Coastguard on the afternoon ofJanuary 10. The Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Campbeltown lifeboat station at 1300. Of the...
The Converted Ship's Boat Venture
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 9.20 on the evening of the 18th of July, 1954, a life-boatman, who was at Gibraltar Point, reported that a yacht was flying a distress signal three miles south- south-west of Skegness. At 9.50 the life-boat The...
Lady Norton Mbe,
December 1996 Lady Norton MBE, a life vice president of the Institution. Lady Norton was elected to the committee of management in 1975 and served as a member of the fundraising committee from 1975 to 1985. In 1982 Lady Norton was appointed...
Category: Obituaries
Memories of Boulmer
Memories of Boulmer I was very interested to read about the National Collection of lifeboats at Chatham in the Summer issue and it reminded me of an event I witnessed in 1954.
It was the launching of the new Boulmer... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Humberside Police's Fivestrong Mounted Section Has Been Patrolling Local Beaches and Inland Waterways for the Past Three Years As Part of Their General Duties Last S
Humberside police's fivestrong mounted section has been patrolling local beaches and inland waterways for the past three years as part of their general duties. Last summer an emergency lifeline was added to their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs