LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tweed, of Greenock
SILLOTH.—At 7.30 A.M. on the 24th January, the Life-boat Angela and Hannah proceeded through a heavy gale at S.S.W.
to the assistance of the schooner Tweed, of Greenock. This vessel had struck on the north-west end of the...
Fishing Cobles
As the return of the local cobles from the fishing- grounds on the 22nd January was at- tended with considerable risk, due to the strong E.S.E. gale which had sud- denly arisen, the Life-boat was launched at 7.30 A.M. to assist them. The...
Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston (R) Chairman of the Fund Raising Committee and Glyn Williams (I) Dos Wales Visited Members of Bridgend Ladies' Guild In October
Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston (r.), chairman of the Fund Raising Committee, and Glyn Williams (I.), DOS Wales, visited members of Bridgend ladies' guild in October. During the visit, Sir Peter Compston was presented with a cheque for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Elizabeth, of Teignmouth
On the evening of the 5th March, the sloop Elizabeth, of Teign- mouth, was observed outside the bar of the river in an unmanageable state, having lost her rudder. The wind was blowing a gale from the S.S.W.; there was a heavy sea on the bar,...
George, of Sunderland
On the morn- ing of the 17th of November a vessel was seen burning a light as a signal of distress during a strong gale from S.S.E., and in a heavy sea. The Grocers' life-boat, sta- tioned at Mundesley, was at once got ready, and...
Swindon's Flag Week Collections Lottery and Souvenir Sales Raised £103681 During the Week In April a Mercantile Credit Co Window Display Featured a Scale Model Li
Swindon's flag week collections, lottery and souvenir sales raised £1,036.81. During the week, in April, a Mercantile Credit Co window display featured a scale model lifeboat made by the late Ken Hemmings, who had been a branch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New Ways of Raising Money
Collecting house flags of various shipping lines is the hobby of Mr. C. M. Pope, who lives near Sherborne in Dorset. For each flag received he sends a contribution to the R.N.L.I., this "consideration money" amounting to an average...
Category: Donations
Lady Sybil
Mudeford, Hampshire. At 4.10 p.m.
a 8th November, 1964, two boys in- >rmed a member of the inshore rescue oat crew that a speedboat was in diffiulty off Hengistbury Head. At 4.15 the ishore rescue boat launched in a...
Summer Sands
Sounds of music float along; Seas flow in with summer song ; For the sands are gay, and children play Where storms rage fierce on wintry day.
" A penny in the elot—H peril from the sea !" A coin from me, a coin...
Category: Poetry