LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Provident friends
PENLEE | 29 JUNE
Penlee’s crew were in the throes of their Sunday morning training session when they received the call for help.
Provident, a 1920s former Brixham trawler with 13 people onboard, had...
Category: Articles
The Storm-Warrior
Harkt Harkl 'tis the boom of a distant gun, And the stoutest heart doth quail, For there's death maybe in the raging sea To him who would dare the gale.
But the wind may shriek till it crack each cheek, And the sea...
Category: Poetry
Hats Off to 18-Year-Old Model Stephanie Harrison One of the Models at the R.N.L.I. Fashion Show Held at Owens Park Fallowfield In March 1968
by courtesy of] [Manchester Evening News Hats off to 18-year-old model Stephanie Harrison, one of the models at the R.N.L.I.
fashion show held at Owens Park, Fallowfield, in March, 1968. The hatless coxswains are (left to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gem, of Eyemouth
NORTH SUNDERLAND.— On the 24th August the Life-boat Joseph Anstice was launched to the assistance of the fishing vessel Gem, of Eyemouth, which had got ashore near that port during a strong breeze and heavy sea. The Life-boat, by timely...
Edward (Ted) Larbalestier
March1999 Edward (Ted) Larbalestier BEM St. Helier coxswain from 1951 until his retirement in 1970. He was awarded the Silver medal in 1951and the BEM in 1970.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Pam Randall
Mrs Pam Randall -West Bridgford and District branch committee member.
Category: Obituaries
Mr. Stanhope Bone
Mr. Stanhope Bone, who died on the 30th of October, 1959, at the age of 79, was the Institution's Surveyor of Life- boats from 1929 to 1940. He first joined the Institution's surveying staff in 1912 and later served as R.A.S.L. at...
Category: Obituaries
The Austrian Barque Mea
Early in the morn- ing of the 29th November, while it was blowing a moderate gale from S.S.E., the Austrian barque Mea was observed at anchor, in a. dangerous position, in Tramore Bay, on the Irish coast, with a steam-tug near her. The...
A New Type of Life-Boat
FOLLOWING on the Barnett Twin-Screw Life-boat, and the Watson Cabin Life- boat, both Life-boats specially designed to be able to carry out services at a considerable distance from their Stations, the Institution has now designed another new...
Category: Articles
Susan
On the afternoon of the 22nd August fourteen local fishing cobles were at sea outside the harbour entrance. A moderate N.E.
breeze was blowing, and the sea was rough and breaking owing to a very strong outflow from the...