LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sapphire, of Glasgow (1)
Newhaven, and Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—Early in the morning of the 2nd December, 1937, the motor vessel Sapphire, of Glasgow, bound for Ghent, had trouble with her engine when some miles off the coast between Newhaven and Shoreham. The...
Statement of Funds and Assets at 31st December, 1967
1966 £ 273,351 696,080 969,431 1,514,395 196,000 £2,679,826 ENDOWMENT FUNDS (Income only from which is available for expenditure in accordance with donors' directions) RESTRICTED FUNDS (to be applied as directed by donors)...
Category: Accounts
Professo
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. — The Two Sisters Life-boat was launched at 5.30 on the evening of the 2nd October, to the assistance of the brig Professo, of Tvedestrand, Norway, bound from Sundswall for Ramsey, with a cargo of timber. She was lying...
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
Portrait of a Coxswain
Coxswain Henry C. Brown, of the Walmer life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 32). A member of the crew since 1945, he was appointed second coxswain of the Walmer life-boat in February, 1962, and coxswain in April, 1966. Since February,... - 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,...
Rescue
RESCUE D LifeBoAt CReW sAVes eAsteR BUNNy! Tobermory lifeboat crew had an unusual, yet appropriate, casualty to rescue on Easter Sunday in the form of a pet rabbit. Four adults, two children, a dog and the rabbit were onboard the yacht Blue...
Category: Articles
The Royal Naval Motor Vessel Santa Cruz
St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—At 8.10 on the evening of the 2nd of August, 1957, the St. Abbs Head lighthouse-keeper reported that a small vessel had fired two rockets half a mile north-east of the lighthouse. At 8.20 the life-boat W. Ross...
Portrait of a Coxswain
COXSWAIN THOMAS EDWIN DOUGLAS is seen above. He has been coxswain of the Holy Island life-boat since ist October, 1961, and previously served from January, 1945, as second coxswain. The Holy Island life-boat has been launched on service 39... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
These Four Men from Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club
These four men from Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club set off at 5 o'clock in the morning to play 100 holes of sponsored golf for the RNLI. Their marathon ended at 7 o'clock in the evening after the completion of six rounds—no less... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs