LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hope, of Portsmouth
The brig Hope, of Portsmouth, while at anchor about two miles from the mouth of this harbour, in a dismantled state, was observed to hoist signals of dis- tress, during a very high wind from the S.W., and in a heavy sea. The Life-boat...
Lt Cdr Brian Miles the Rnli's Director
Cdr Brian Miles, the RNLI's director, is pictured collecting a cheque for £19,443, the result of a competition sponsored by Frizzell Insurance and Financial Services and which appeared in several editions of the Civil Service... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Major-General J. Boughey, of Brancaster
Major-General J. Boughey, of Bran- caster, Norfolk, who died on 20th February, in his eighty-eighth year, was Honorary Secretary of the Station from 1907 until his death. In recognition of his services, he was awarded Binoculars in 1920..<...
Category: Obituaries
John 'Jinks' Smith,
August John 'Jinks' Smith, former Portpatrick lifeboat crew member died aged 70. John was the last surviving member of the crew that went to the aid of the stricken Princess Victoria m 1953..
Category: Obituaries
Ladies' Life-Boat Guild.
The Duchess of Sutherland, who had been the President of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild since 1926, died last August. She has been succeeded as President by Lady Louis Mountbattcn, who has been a vice-president of the guild since 1926..<...
Category: Articles
Pamparo
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 11.58 on the morning of the 4th October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties north of the harbour mouth. At 12.4 the life-boat Louise...
Record of the Branches
The 20 Branches with the Highest Collection.
WE publish below a table showing the twenty Branches which made the largest contributions to the Institution during the Branch financial year ending 30th September,...
Category: Branches
Life-Boat Service Televised
Coxswain John Walker, Mr. Raymond Baxter, and Mr. Peter Webber on board the Dover life-boat (see page 382). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Lytham - St. - Annes, Lancashire. — At 5.32 in the evening, on the 17th of November, 1950, the police telephoned that the S.S. Empire Gaelic had wire- lessed them. She had heard cries for help from the marshes near the third mile light on...
Morning Star
On the 19th May the fishing-lugger Morning Star of North Sunderland was unable to enter the harbour, the sea having suddenly become very heavy. The Life-boat put off to help her at 1.30 KM.
and brought her safely...