LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Naval Gift In Gratitude
THE Flag Officer Air (Home) has sent a gift of £50 from his Benevolent Fund and in doing it says that he wishes to mention in particular work done by the Institution's stations at Portrush and Padstow. These stations have been out...
Category: Donations
Dingaling (1)
Atlantics join forces to save yacht crew on Chichester Bar The Institution's Bronze medal for bravery has been awarded to crew member Graham Raines of the Hayling Island lifeboat crew following a very difficult rescue involving two...
The S.S. Tresfond
At about 8 P.M. on the 9th December the s.s.
Tresfond, of Stavanger, bound from Christiania to South Shields, ran ashore about half a mile north of the boathouse, duringfoggyweather. Shortly afterwards a stiff N.E. wind got...
Luella
Barrow, Lancashire - At midnight on 3rd August, 1966, a red flare was reported about two miles offshore. At 12.45 a distress signal was observed from the fishing boat Luella. At 1.5 the lifeboat Cunard, on temporary duty at the station, was...
Barnhill
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT EASTBOURNE MARCH 20TH. - EASTBOURNE, HASTINGS, AND NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. During the night the London steamer Barnhill, of 5,430 tons, was in the English Channel on her way from Nova Scotia to London.Two of the...
This Is Red House Lugger In a Force 11 In the North Sea.
This is Red House Lugger in a Force 11 in the North Sea. - View image in PDF
It could have been you. - View image in PDF
Photo Peter Foskett, Assistant Mechanic Lowestott lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (15)
FEBRUARY 12TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but after an unsuccessful search it was learned that the crew had managed to get ashore near Boston.
- Rewards,...
From a Working Man
A GIFT of ten shillings has come from a working man at Southend-on-Sea in gratitude for the rescue of three men by the Southend motor life-boat Greater London. He had never seen the three men before, but had let them have his boat to go...
Category: Donations
Life-Boat Model for Sale
This 1/12th scale model of the 47-foot Watson Pentland (Civil Service No. 31) ex Thurso life-boat is for sale at £290 of which £80 will be donated to the R.N.L.I. Officials of the Institution agree it is one of the finest life-boat...
Category: Advertisement
Students rowers swamped
Crosshaven lifeboat, the B class Miss Betty, was out on exercise on 6 December when it happened upon an overcrowded dinghy at Lough Mahon.
It was the UCC Rowing Club safety boat, struggling in rough conditions with a...
Category: Articles