LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Rainton
COURTOWN.—On the 19th November, the Life-boat Alfred and Ernest went off to the assistance of the s.s. Rainton, of Glasgow, which had grounded on the North end of the Glassgorman Bank during squally weather, the wind blowing from the W.N.W....
Echo, of Lowestoft
The Yarmouth large Life-boat Mark Lane was taken afloat on the 8th March, as the fishing-lugger Echo, of Lowestoft, was seen to be in great danger, she having become unmanageable during a heavy gale from S.W. by S. Driving down Yar- mouth...
Fly, of Whitby
LOWESTOFT.—On the night of the 2nd November, 1861, the schooner Fly, of Whitby, was in a leaky state, and in danger of foundering near Lowestoft, in a heavy gale from the north. ...
Paramount
Testing tow at Port St MaryWhen the Trent class Cough Ritchie II Launched, all that the crew knew was that a fishing boat was in trouble about 20 miles south east of Port St Mary in the Isle of Man. When they discovered that it was the large...
Marie, of Newport
On the 18th January, information was received that a dismasted vessel was dragging her anchors at Derby Haven, there being a very severe gale from S.W., and a heavy sea on.
The life-boat Commercial Traveller, No. 2, was...
Raymond Baxter Chairman of the Rnli Public Relations
Raymond Baxter, chairman of the RNLI Public Relations Committee, flanked by (I.) Mrs B. Robertson, chairman of the Walton and Frinton ladies' guild and (r.) Mrs Wilberforce, president, when he was chief guest and speaker at a dinner... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
"House to House" Collections: A Suggestion for the Ladies' Life-Boat Guild
By a Life-boat Worker of Twenty-five Years' Experience.
Now that the Ladies' Life-boat Guild has been formed and many new members are being enrolled who are not yet acquainted with the methods which the...
Category: Donations
The Sailing Boat Kestrel
Margate, Kent.—At 3.41 on the afternoon of the 23rd of July, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a small yacht had capsized half a mile north of Reculver Tower. At 3.47 the life- boat North Foreland, Civil Service No.
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The St.Davids Lifeboat Crew
The St Davids Lifeboat crew (l-r): Robin Copley, David John, Michael Phillips, Roland Bateman, Malcolm Gray, jestyn Martin and Nicholas Phillips. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Walton and Frinton Lifeboat Makes the Christmas Run Out to Sunk Lightvessel on the Sunday Before Christmas Taking Fare Provided Mainly By Local Shopkeepers In 1
Walton and Frinton lifeboat makes the Christmas run out to Sunk Lightvessel on the Sunday before Christmas, taking fare provided mainly by local shopkeepers. In 1978 (left, above) Robin Davis, chairman of East Ham Round Table which funded... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs