LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Oil Rig Sea Gem
Humber, Yorkshire On the 27th and 30th December, 1965, the life-boat City of Bradford III was launched to search for survivors from the oil rig Sea Gem A full account of this service appears on page 63.
New Member of Committee of Management
SIR ERIC SEAL, K.B.E., C.B., Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Works, and Chairman of the Civil Service Life- boat Fund, has been co-opted to the Committee of Management of the Institution.
After service in the R.A.F. during...
Category: Committee
Largo Bay
Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.—• At about 12.45 in the morning of the 27th of April, 1948, it was reported to the coastguard that the local motor fishing boat Largo Bay, which had gone out during the evening of the previous day had not...
The Queen Elizabeth In Sand
LAST September five boys made a sand model on the Southwold beach of the Queen Elizabeth, collected seven shillings from those who stopped to look at it and gave them to the Southwold branch of the Institution..
Category: Donations
Her Naming Ceremony
Her naming ceremony held by the River Thames, the new relief 52ft lifeboat gave her demonstration run with the Houses of Parliament as her background.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Styvel
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 11.48 on the night of the 17th of November, 1955, a message was received from the Valentia radio station that the trawler Styvel, of Concarneau. France, which had a crew of ten, had wirelessed that she had broken down...
The New Inshore Lifeboat Ib 1 (Below)
The new inshore lifeboat IB 1 (below) will be a development of the existing D class but will use the latest advances in material and equipment technology.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Selsey Crew Members Prepare to Scrub the Poop Deck
Selsey crew members prepare to scrub the poop deck. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Below: After the Crew Is Taken Off,
Below: After the crew is taken off, the Hindlea is torn apart on the rocks.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituary: C. G. Freke, CIE.
Lifeboat People It is with deep regret that we announce the death on June 3 of C. G. Freke, CIE.
Mr Freke joined the Committee of Management in 1953 and was elected a vice-president in 1962. He served on various...
Category: Obituaries