LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Vessel (25)
JULY 5TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET. A vessel had been reported on fire five miles off St. Albans Head, but nothing could be found. News was received later that the vessel had been towed into port. She had formed part of a convoy which had been...
The French Fishing Boat Henri Lucia
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - ST. MARY’S, ISLES OF SCILLY. The French fishing boat Henri Lucia had been driven ashore on the uninhabited island of Ganilly. Her crew of four got on to the island and the skipper stayed on board his boat, but none of them...
Rescue
RescUe Here is just a handful of incidents from around the uK and Roi to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. see pages 20–27 for rescues marked and page 13 for a roundup of lifeguard activity....
Category: Articles
1d. For Each Life Rescued
THE Herts Advertiser of St. Albans, writes that one of the honorary workers for the St. Albans branch, when she read the record of lives rescued by lifeboats during the first month of the war, gave to the branch one penny for each...
Category: Donations
Plymouth Boat Show
PLYMOUTH 1-10 QUEEN ATTERY The 1 st April, 1988, sees the opening of the most exciting Marine Event to be held in Plymouth since the Spanish Armada approached the shores of England.
The Plymouth Boat Show, a ten day Marine...
Category: Advertisement
Coxswain Michael Berry of St.Helier (I) Who Was Awarded the Silver Medal for Gallantry for the Service to the Yacht Bacchus In 1973 With the Late Coxswain Thomas J
Coxswain Michael Berry of St Helier (I.), who was awarded the silver medal for gallantry for the service to the yacht Bacchus in 1973, with the late Coxswain Thomas James King, who was awarded the gold medal for the service to the yacht... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Relief Brede: Champagne Breaks Over the Bow of the 33Ft Brede Relief Lifeboat Named Rnlb Merchant Navy
Relief Brede: Champagne breaks over the bow of the 33ft Brede relief lifeboat named RNLB Merchant Navy to mark the generous support given to the lifeboat service over many years by merchant seamen. The ceremony took place in St Katharine... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Swanage's Mersey Class Robert Charles Brown,
Swanage's Mersey class Robert Charles Brown, the lifeboat involved in a long service to a yacht off St Catherine's Point which led to Coxswain Chris Haw's Thanks on Vellum.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (12)
JANUARY 2 l ST. - FILEY, AND SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found except a big floating mine which was reported by the Scarborough life-boat. - Rewards : Filey, £11 12s.;...
None (3)
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 9.28 on the morning of the 26th of April, 1957, a telephone message was received from a man who lives on Herm Island asking if a doctor could be sent to the island as his wife was seriously ill. There was a fresh...