LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sturdee
On the night of the 19th of October, 1955, the Aberdeen no. 1 life-boat rescued the crew of eleven of the steam trawler Sturdee after closing her seven times. For a full account of this service, for which Coxswain George Flett has been...
Julia
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 11.50 on the morning of the 15th of August, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the Galloper lightvessel that the yacht Julia, bound from Rotterdam to Harwich, was alongside...
Knox
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.56 on the afternoon of the 8th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht was in trouble off Canvey Island. At 1.24 on the ebbing tide the life-boat Greater London II (Civil...
Members of Jersey Lifeboat Guild
Members of Jersey Lifeboat Guild, pictured with the St.
Catherine's C class lifeboat. The ladies of the Jersey guild have been running a souvenir stall at the station throughout the summer and were photographed by a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Grace Darling
October 2oth was the centenary of Grace Darling's death, and a memorial service was held in the church at Bamburgh. Among the wreaths laid on the grave was one from the Institution. The B.B.C. made a record of the service to be broadcast...
Category: Articles
Daisy
The Life-boat returned to her station at 1.30 A.M., and at 7 P.M. was again towed out by the steamer and rescued the crow of four men from the smack Daisy, of Ramsgate, which, in trying to enter the harbour at low water, took the ground and...
Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
November, 1901. B. AND BE.
The 35th Annual Meeting of the Committee of the Fund was held on the 17th ultimo, and was presided over by Sir RALPH H. KNOX, K.C.B. Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, the honorary secretary, reported that,...
Category: Meetings
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent Association
THE Annual Meeting of this Society was held on the 25th May last, at Willis's Rooms, under the chairmanship of his Grace the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, President of the Society. There were also present a large number of the friends and...
Category: Meetings
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND AND NEWBIGGIN, ABERDEENSHIRE.—THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has forwarded new Life-boats to Blyth and Newburgh to take the place of Life-boats sent there some years since. Each boat is 31 feet long, 1 feet...
Category: Articles
Teazer, of Goole
On the morning of the 20th March the Rosslare life-boat again went out to the rescue of the crew of the schooner Teazer, of Goole, which had struck on the North Bar. It was blowing a gale from the E.N.E., and there was a heavy sea on at the...