LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Blue Jacket, of Newcastle
Soon after the life-boat had returned, another vessel, the schooner Blue Jacket, of Newcastle, was seen endeavouring to ride out the storm, which, however, she did not succeed in doing, as she soon drove on shore. The life-boat was again...
The S.S. Ford Fisher
MAY 24TH. - WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
At 12.30 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that distress signals were being made on a vessel’s siren. The weather was foggy. There was no wind, but a slight sea. At 12.45 P.M...
The Folk-Boat Huckleberry Finn
Weymouth, Dorset - At 6.50 p.m.
on 29th May, 1966, a yacht reported that the folk-boat Huckleberry Finn was dismasted and adrift about eight and a half miles south east of the Shambles lightvessel.
The...
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The internet has had a huge effect on the way local and national newsrooms are run. In response, the RNLI has launched a multimedia press centre with the latest RNLI news releases, photos and videos from all corners of the UK and RoI, all...
Category: Articles
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) FOUNDED IN 1824.— SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
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The S.S. Rydal Hall
HOLYHEAD.—On the 5th November, at about 9.40 P.M., signals of distress were shown by the s.s. Rydal Hall, of Liverpool, which had stranded on the Clipera Bocks during a gale of wind and a heavy sea.
The Life-boat Thomas...
Life-Boat Crews and Income Tax
Mr. John Nott, M.P. for St. Ives, has received a letter from the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Harold Lever, stating that the service rewards made to members of life-boats crews will continue to be subject to income...
Category: Articles
Drinkers Go Over the Limit!
Pictured are (from left to right) Shepherd Neame director Euan Johnstone, Coxswain Peter Barker, Jonathan Neame and Chris Sandwell, helmsman of Margate's inshore lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs