LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Empress
On the 26th September, the barque Empress, of Prince Edward's Island, bound thence from Liverpool with a general cargo, struck on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. There was a heavy N.W. wind blowing, and a strong tide running. The...
When Leeds Ladies' Luncheon Club Celebrated Its 21st Anniversary Last October the Oldest Member 92-Year-Old Mrs Rose Skelton Cut the Birthday Cake; It Was Later So
When Leeds ladies' luncheon club celebrated its 21st anniversary last October the oldest member, 92-year-old Mrs Rose Skelton, cut the birthday cake; it was later sold at lOp per portion, raising £5.50.
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Category: Photographs
The Life-Boat Calendar, 1928. A Life-Boat Rescue Near Tynemouth Castle
THE LIFE-BOAT CALENDAR, 1928.
A Life-boat Rescue near Tynemouth Castle. (Painted and engraved by W. Elmvs, and published in 1803 by Henry Greathead, builder of the first Life-boat.).
Category: Drawings
New Deal Guarantees £50000 for the Rnli
The RNLI's Director Lieutenant Commander Brian Miles, left, and Ian Woolley, divisional director of Frizzell, seated, put their seal of approval on the insurance scheme which is guaranteed to raise at least £50,000 for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
March
MARCH Launches 63. Lives rescued 75.
MARCH 3RD. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At about 5 P.M. an army officer and two non-commissioned officers launched an old boat, intending to punt in shallow water. They...
Category: Services
Carillion, of Cowes (1)
RACE CASUALTY While the yacht Carillion of Cowes was taking part in the Fastnet race on 5th August, 1971, she struck rocks off the Lizard and was damaged.
At 9.30 p.m. the life-boat Duke of Cornwall (Civil Service JVo. 33)...
The Renovated Unity Buildings Are the Home for Salcombe's Crew
(Above right] The renovated Unity Buildings are the home for Salcombe's crew and a new museum. The top floor is the RNLI's only holiday flat!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Conway Castle, of Liverpool
On the 22nd March, during a fresh gale, the ship Conway Castle, of Liverpool, was stranded on the north end of the Blackwater Bank. The Wexford and Cahore life-boats, the St.
Patrick and the Sir George Bowles, put off,...
The Cutter-Rigged Yacht Lalla Rookh
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 9.41 on the 4th of April, 1953, the Wyke Regis coastguard rang up to say that a small yacht was in distress one and a half miles south-east of Portland Bill and was burning flares. At 9.55 the life- boat Milburn, on...
Star of Faith, Seton Queen and St. Clair
ASHORE IN FOG Dunbar, East Lothian. At 5.30 p.m.
on 3rd September, 1964, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Star of Faith was ashore on the east sands in thick...