LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Melrose, of Swansea
OCTOBER 4TH. - FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHENSHIRE.
At 7.20 in the evening the Pembrey coastguard telephoned that a small vessel was in difficulty in the Llanelly Estuary.
A strong northerly wind was blowing, with...
Miss E. M. Jordan, of Dover
The Institution has lost, by the death of Miss E.'M. Jordan, of Dover, in April of this year, one of its latest, but one of its most enthusiastic honorary workers.
She became the Honorary Secretary of the Dover...
Category: Obituaries
Amsterdam, of Sunderland
On the 8th March, a large ship, in attempting to make the River Tees, struck heavily on the Bar, and immediately showed signals of distress.
Soon afterwards she drifted on to the North Gare Sandbank. The wind was blowing...
Regal, of Fraserburgh
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire - At 2.29 p.m. on 23rd December, 1966, a yawl had been seen proceeding north of Fraserburgh and a few minutes later it was suggested that the life-boat should launch as the yawl seemed to be making heavy weather....
David Lewin. Sales and Marketing Manager of Compass Watersports
David Lewin. sales and marketing manager of Compass WaterSports with David Brann, marketing manager of the RNLI, announcing their loint initiative. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
It Was a Summer of Fairs Tombola Break for (I to R) Mr and Mrs W J Shufflebottom Who Opened Their Home and Garden at Hanchurch for Stoke-On-Trent Ladies' Guild F
was a summer of fairs . . . tombola break for (I. to r.) Mr and Mrs W. J. Shufflebottom, who opened their home and garden at Hanchurch for Stoke-on-Trent ladies' guild fair, with Miss Winifred Barratt, who opened festivities, and Mrs W... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Lymington to Yarmouth Ferry, Farringford
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 8.20 p.m. on 27th February, 1967, British Railways reported that the Lymington to Yarmouth ferry was aground in the Lymington river and asked for the lifeboat's assistance in taking off the...
At Porthcawl Talking With Lt John Unwin Divisional Inspector of Lifeboats (West) and Members of the Ilb Crew
at Porthcawl, talking with Lt John Unwin, divisional inspector of lifeboats (West) and members of the ILB crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxwain William Sutherland, of Anstruther
The Anstruther station has lost not only one of its honorary secretaries, but, by the death of ex-Coxswain William Sutherland on 31st October, one of the oldest of its life-boatmen.
He joined the crew in 1894 and was...
Category: Obituaries