LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Prince
JAN. 16TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 6.55 P.M. it was reported that the open motorfishing boat Prince, of Torquay, with three men on board, was overdue on a trip from Torquay to Brixham, and that owing to the poor condition of her engine anxiety...
The S.S. Carlston
Between 7 and 8 A.M. on the 8th March a steamer was observed on the Formby Spit, and as the westerly wind was in- creasing the Coxswain launched the Life-boat John and Henrietta. On reaching the vessel, which proved to be the...
(Left) Two Pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea Sgt George Wolfe (Left)
(Left) Two pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Sgt George Wolfe (left) and Sgt Robert Moy (right), persuaded visitors to put more than £4,000 in their collecting boxes at the London Boat Show.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Song
SING Ho! ho 1 ho! how the wild winds blow, And the breakers in fury foam, While, with thund'ring roar, o'er the storm-swept shore, The waves in their frenzy roam! Oh, many a ship, in the storm-fiend's grip, Would add to the...
Category: Songs
(Below) Exercise With An Rn Helicopter from Hms Daedalus Was Included In the Programme
(Below) Exercise with an RN helicopter from HMS Daedalus was included in the programme.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
When Severe Flooding Took Place In Guildford In September 1968 An RNLI Inshore Rescue Boat from the RFD Co Ltd Factory at Godalming Surrey Was Used for Resc
When severe flooding took place in Guildford in September, 1968, an R.N.L.l. - View image in PDF
inshore rescue boat from the R.F.D. Co. Ltd. factory at Godalming, Surrey, was used for rescue purposes in the High Street.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
RESCUE
Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards carry out thousands of rescues every year (see launches on page 34). Here are just some of those caught on camera, and see the list below for more reports:
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Category: Articles
The S.S. Falcon (1)
PALLING and WINTERTON.—Guns having been fired by the North Hasborough Lightship on the 26th November, during a strong W.S.W. wind and a heavy sea, the Palling No. 2 Life-boat British Work- •inan and the Winterton No. 2 Life-boat Husband put...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—On the morn- ing of the 23rd December, 1886, signals of distress were observed about a mile distant from Winterton, during a strong N. gale aad a very heavy sea, shown by two vessels which had been in collision. The Win-...
Category: Services
The Coningbeg Lightvessel
Kilmore, Co. Wexford.—About 2.45 on the afternoon of the 18th of November, 1955, a message was received from the Coast Life-Saving Service that thej brother of two men in the Coningbeg lightvessel had died. A request was made for the...