LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Primula
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 16th of June, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Primula of Peterhead was ashore in Burnhaven Bay. At 3.15 the life-boat Julia Park Barry...
A Dinghy (3)
Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 3.20 p.m.
on 5th July, 1964, the coxswain of the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell, which was on a publicity launch with several passengers on board, noticed that a small dinghy with a crew of two was...
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...
Diving for Cash:
Diving for cash: For 12 vears regulars at the Three Cups in Stamford Bridge have been throwing their loose change down a 30ft well through port holes in the bar. Diver Phil Peace went down the well from a trapdoor behind the bar" to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below Right) a Little In-Joke
(below right) A little in-joke - the contact board for ihe replica lifeboat station carries the names of the volunteers!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Flyby Sunday
Branch cooperation was the name of the game at the Shepway Air Show at Folkestone in September.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Window In a Parish Church
THE coxswain of the Tynemouth life- boat, Mr. P. Denham Christie, and the crew had the happy idea of presenting to the Seamen's Chapel of Christ Church, North Shields, which is the parish church of Tynemouth, a stained glass window. The...
Category: Articles
Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The Eight Hon. C. 1. Ritchie, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, said in the House of Commons on the 14th February, 1896 :— " It is not the intention of the Board of Trade to interfere with the excellent work of the Royal National...
Category: Advertisement
Susilla
High and dry on the Solway Firth From the shifting sand and mud banks of the Solway Firth, the grounded yacht Susiila radioed for help. It took a joint service by Workington and Silloth Lifeboats to locate the yacht and find a way to reach...
Frank Shaw, of North Shields
On the 20th Oct., 1869, the ship Frank Shaw, of North Shields, was totally wrecked, during a very heavy gale of wind, on the Goodwin Sands. She had sought shelter in the Downs, but was compelled .to slip her cable and try fresh anchorage off...