LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
St. Helier Service to the Maurice Georges, 13th-14th September, 1949
Scale: 1 3/4 inches to the mile.
Category: Charts
When the Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club Staged An R.N.L.I, Weekend In May, 1970,
When the Felixstowe Ferry sailing club staged an R.N.L.I, weekend in May, 1970, during which they raised £700 for the life-boat service, Sir Alec Rose, who as a lone yachtsman sailed round the world, presented cups. Here he is shown... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Newhaven's Arun Class Lifeboat Keith Anderson Closes In on the Mfv Ocean Spirit
Newhaven's Arun class lifeboat Keith Anderson closes in on the MFV Ocean Spirit after the vessel ran aground while entering Newhaven Harbour on 31 March 1994.
Coxswain/mechanic Michael Beach had been about to leave the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Annual Report
AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Thursday, the 26th day of April, 1855, REAR-ADMIRAL His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G., PRESIDENT, in the Chair, The following Report...
Category: Annual Reports
The Longest Loaf In the World: Coventry Mercia Round Table Giving Effect to An Idea By Tom Commander Was Responsible In 1975 for a New Entry In the Guinness Book Of
The longest loaf in the world: Coventry Mercia Round Table, giving effect to an idea by Tom Commander, was responsible in 1975 for a new entry in the Guinness Book of Records, and for the raising of about £4,000 for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Premuda (2)
JANUARY 16TH. - MARGATE, RAMSGATE.
AND WALMER. KENT. At 9.30 P.M. a message was received at Margate from the Margate coastguard that an Italian steamer was sinking close to the North Goodwin Light-vessel. A strong N.E. wind...
A Whaler
WHALER HAD CAPSIZED Gourdon, Kincardineshire. At 11.35 a.m. on 28th July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a navaltype whaler had capsized off the Todhead lighthouse, throwing the six occupants into the sea. The tide had...
A Vessel
ROBIN HOOD'S BAY, YORKSHIRE.—On the night of the 7th April a vessel was seen to take the ground at the north cheek of Eobin Hood's Bay. There was thick haze at the time, a light wind was blowing from the E.S.E., and a heavy sea was...
The Life-Boat Station at Lytham - St. Anne's Began Life As a Mussel Purification Station
The life-boat station at Lytham - St Anne's began life as a mussel purification station. It is said that the idea for adapting the premises came from Mechanic George Harrison. Next door is the local yacht club whose members are dedicated... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wells-Next-The-Sea: 0415 Launch the 37' Oakley Reserve Lifeboat Calouste Gulbenkian on Temporary Duty at Wells Was Called Out In the Morning of July 10 After a 9
Wells-next-the-Sea: 0415 launch. The 37' Oakley reserve lifeboat, Calouste Gulbenkian, on temporary duty at Wells, was called out in the morning of July 10 after a 999 report of a missing swimmer. Together with Wells ILB and a helicopter... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs