LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
St. Lucia, of Lowestoft
At 11.20 p.m. on yth August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was a very sick man on board the trawler St. Lucia of Lowestoft 105 miles north-east of the Tyne and that a helicopter would lift him off at 5...
Death of Commander Thomas Holmes, R.N.
ALL associated with the Institution will learn with deep regret that Com- mander Thomas Holmes, R.N., who was Chief Inspector of Life-boats from 1909-1919, having previously been Deputy Chief Inspector, and "District Inspector in...
Category: Obituaries
Boy's Own
Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 30th of September, 1958, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that two local fishing cobles were at sea. As the weather was deteriorating, the life-boat Friendly Forester was...
The Vic & Billie Whiffen Is Launched
The Vic & Billie Whiffen is launched by davit at Southend-on-Sea. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Race to the Rescue
Born to be wild - Skegness lifeboat crew Heft to right! Ginger Sewell. Mark Holley, Dave Sellers, Hay Chapman, John Irving and Richard Watson In front is Morris Hatton. lifeboat shop manager and ex crew member of over 40 years, on what is... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
THE annual meeting of the Committee was held on the 10th January last, at the General Post Office, Mr. W. H. HAINES, of the House of Lords, presiding. The report, read by Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, F.R.G.S., the honorary secretary, stated that the...
Category: Meetings
(Above Left and Right) Demonstration Recovery of the Atlantic 21 Rigid Inflatable Lifeboat Into Her Trolley Mobile 'Dock'
(Above, left and right) Demonstration recovery of the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat into her trolley mobile 'dock'.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain Colin Harrison of the Runswick Yorkshire
Coxswain Colin Harrison, of the Runswick, Yorkshire, life-boat, was drowned in June when his coble capsized.
His son Colin, aged 12, was, however, found unconscious in the sea but revived..
Category: Obituaries
Collisions at Sea In Fogs
THE Council of the SOCIETY OF ARTS appointed a Committee in March, 1883, with the full concurrence of the Marine Department of the BOARD OP TRADE, to inquire into and consider the question of collision at sea, the scope of the in- quiry...
Category: Articles
On Board Grace Paterson Ritchie Mr M Olsen (Left) on Behalf of the Faroese Life-Saving Society Presents Lieut-Commander P E C Pickles Mbe Jp Rnvr With a Wal
On board Grace Paterson Ritchie Mr M. Olsen (left), on behalf of the Faroese Life-saving Society, presents Lieut.-Commander P. E. C.
Pickles, MBE, JP, RNVR, with a wall light made from a pair of horns for the RNLI. With... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs