LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Great Yarmouth & Gorleston-Atlantic 21 Joseph B Press
Miranda Mannings Press, daughter of the donor of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston's new lifeboat, names the Atlantic 21 watched by Neal Duffield, the station's honorary secretary. (Photo Great Yarmouth Mercury). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Front to Back): Bangor Atlantic 21 Lifeboat Youth of Ulster,
(Front to back): Bangor Atlantic 21 lifeboat Youth of Ulster, Lame Trent class lifeboat Dr John McSparran and Donaghadee Arun class lifeboat City of Belfast. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Motor Boat
Stranded on rocks ON HEARING FROM BARRY COASTGUARD, at 2220 on Saturday, September 13, 1975, that red flares had been reported to the west of Brean Down, the honorary secretary of Weston-super-Mare gave instructions for the maroons to be...
A Canberra Aircraft (1)
Blackpool and Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire ; Llandudno, Caernarvon- shire ; and Rhyl, Flintshire. Between three o'clock and 3.15 on the afternoon of the 9th of October, 1958, the hon- orary secretaries and coxswains of the life-boat...
Golf Competition
IN 1933, for the third tune, an appeal was made to golf clubs to hold a com- petition in aid of the life-boat service.
In 1931 it was made to the principal clubs in Kent, Surrey and Sussex; in 1932 to the principal clubs in...
Category: Articles
BRINGING THEM HOME
Towing a stricken boat to the safety of port might seem routine but, in often gruelling conditions, it takes great skill and smart decision making. So what’s involved in a tow?
First, the crew must decide whether or not they need...
Category: Articles
Loss of Thurso Life-Boat and Boathouse
ON the morning of Monday, the 10th of December, 1956, the Thurso life- boat, Dunnet Head (Civil Service No.
31) and the life-boathouse were totally destroyed by fire. The fire was first noticed shortly after seven...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Dynamo
The N.N.E. gale of the 12th January blew with unusual violence at Fishguard, and at 6.30 A.M. signals of distress were made by the s.s. Dynamo, of Hull, in the bay. The Life-boat Charterhouse was launched, but she was delayed for some little...
Unsung Heroes
Mary Jacinta Casey
How did you first get involved with the RNLI? When I was growing up, we always had a collection box in our pub, and I used to help count the money!
What does being an RNLI...
Category: Articles
To the President, from the Gold Coast
SOME years ago reference was made in The Life-boat to letters which had been received from the Gold Coast, in one of which the writer, evidently under the impression that the Institution was a general stores, asked for its catalogues, and...
Category: Correspondence