LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The United States Troopship General Randall
Thurso, Caithness-shire. At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the United States troop- ship General Randall was passing through the Pentland Firth with a badly injured man...
Brali
Walmer, Kent.—At 1.3 in the after- noon of the 14th of April, 1949, the Deal coastguard telephoned a report from North Foreland Radio Station that the motor tanker Brali, of Oslo, bound for Bergen, from Abadan, had gone aground on the...
Mischief, of Carnarvon
On 24th January following the life-boat again went out, during a hurricane from the S., to the assistance of the schooner Mischief, of Carnarvon, which had gone ashore on the Parten Stiel Rocks, about a mile and a half to the south of the...
100 Years Ago. Two Gold Medal Services on the Same Day
THE brig Aurora, coal laden, was wrecked near the mouth of the Tees, on the night of the 14th August, 1829, in a heavy gale and tremendous sea ; and the crew, consisting of ten persons, were saved by the intrepid conduct of Lieutenant Pym, R...
Category: Medals
The Steamtug Defiance
BALLYWALTER, Co. DOWN.— On the morning of the 4th January, 1892, while a moderate gale of wind was blowing from the N.N.E., with strong hail squalls and a heavy sea, signals of distress were seen in the direction of the Ship Rock, about a...
The S.S. Eva Jeanette
SICK MAN ON BOARD St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 9.45 a.m. on 6th January, 1964, the Penlee honorary medical adviser informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Eva Jeanette, due off the Bishop's lighthouse at 5 p.m., had a sick...
The Margate Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat, "Eliza Harriett," Returning With 3 Men Rescued from the Ketch-Barge "Lord Nelson," of London, and 5 from the Motor-Barge "Guernsey," of London, on 22nd October, 1924
The Margate Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat "Eliza Harriett" Returning With 3 Men Rescued From The Ketch-Barge " Lord Nelson" of London and & From The Motor-Barge "Guernsey" of London On 22nd Oct. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Grosvenor Circle Drama Group
The Royal National Life-Boat Institution's drama group, 'The Grosvenor Circle', staged their third production, 'Make it Murder', by Jack Last, at the Abbey Community Association Theatre on 27th and 28th March, 1969. In...
Category: Advertisement
Presentation of a New I.R.B. to Bridlington, Yorkshire, By the Hucknall, Nottingham, Round Table. Pictured (Left to Right) Are Mrs. Thelma Cass, Chairman of Bridlington Ladies' Life-Boat Guild, Mr. M
Presentation of a new I.R.B. to Bridlington, Yorkshire, by the Hucknall, Nottingham, Round Table. Pictured (left to right) are Mrs. Thelma Cass, chairman of Bridlington ladies' life-boat guild, Mr. Malcolm Grainger, chairman of Hucknall... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs