LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Argo
BALLYCOTTON,CO. CORK.—At about 4.30 P.M. on the 28th January, 1883, the barque Argo, of Sunderland, was sighted off Ballycotton, making for Cork harbour, closehauled, the wind then blowing very hard from the S.S.W., with heavy rain. On the...
The Builders of the Boat: (I to R) V Greenyer D Belchamber T Merritt J Legg L Durham R Silverson the Senior Boatbuilder S Merritt K Boulding R Churchill A
The builders of the boat: (I.
to r.) V. Greenyer, D. Belchamber, T. Merritt, J.
Legg, L. Durham, R. Silverson, the senior boatbuilder, S. Merritt, K. Boulding, R.
Churchill and E. Morgan.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Jessica, of Newhaven
OCTOBER 3RD. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
At 8.50 at night a message was received from the Southern Railway Company that a small yacht had fired distress signals off the east pier. A west-north-west breeze was blowing, with a choppy...
This Is Your Life " When Eamonn Andrews Approached Brian Bevan at the Kodak Photographic Gallery High Holborn Last March It Was the Seventh Time He Had Said These Famous Words to a Li
This is your life . . . " When Eamonn Andrews approached Brian Bevan at the Kodak Photographic Gallery, High Holborn, last March, it was the seventh time he had said these famous words to a lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Breaking the Waves
Walton and Frinton is often described in the tourist brochures as a peaceful seaside resort but it provides a different picture when there are gale-force winds blowing off the North Sea.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ina, of Blyth
Blyth, Northumberland. — At about 11.50 A.M. on the 8th December, 1937, it was reported to the coxswain that the motor fishing boat Ina, of Blyth, with a. crew of two, was out fishing.
The weather had got worse since she...
Girl Power
Mention the words 'Girl Power' and you probably think of the pop group, Spice Girls! So what has 'Girl Power' got to do with the RNLI? In the early days of the lifeboat service, women either helped to raise funds or to...
Category: Articles