LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cowes Week 2010
After last year’s success, the RNLI has again been named as the official charity partner for Cowes Week 2010.
The internationally famous sailing regatta has been staged each August since 1826 and attracts participants and...
Category: Articles
British Valour and Cruiser
Girvan, Ayrshire.—At 7.30 on the morning of the 24th of May, 1954, the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that the tug Cruiser had reported that she had the tanker British Valour, of London, in tow four miles south- south-west of Ailsa Craig,...
Portrait of a Coxswain
COXSWAIN WILLIAM CROWLEY, of the Fenit life-boat Hilton Briggs.
A member of the crew since 1928, Coxwain Crowley, who is 58, was appointed bowman in 1936, since which time the life-boat has been launched 58 times and has... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Book Reviews
MR. C. R. BENSTEAD in Shallow Waters (Robert Hale, 21/-), has produced an engaging, lustily written account of almost anything which may happen and has happened in the coastal waters of Britain. His range is extensive.
On...
Category: Articles
An Exhibition In the Arndale Centre Litton During October Raised £1626 An Atlantic 21 Ilb and An a Run Model Were Just Two of the Exhibits Mr and Mrs W J Mobbs
An exhibition in the Arndale Centre, Litton, during October raised £1,626. An Atlantic 21 ILB and an A run model were just two of the exhibits. Mr and Mrs W. J.
Mobbs, the inspiration behind these annual exhibitions,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Druid, of Sunderland
On thellth January, 1862, the barque Druid, of Sunderland, anchored in a leaky state off Eastbourne, in a gale of wind, and hoisted a signal of distress. The Eastbourne life-boat proceeded to her, but the Master required assistance only, and...
Cover Picture
by Mike Floyd The 1993 Medallists arrive at the Festival Hall for the presentations.
From left to right - John Pearson (Whitby), Peter Bisson (St Peter Port), Rod James and Frank Dunster (Hayling Island) and Hewitt Clark... - View image in PDF
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Erkalm
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 9.19 on the night of the 14th of March, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man was adrift in a small boat in St. Ives Bay. At 9.35 the life-boat Frank and William Gates, on temporary duty at the...
The Life-Boat at Misaki Life-Saving Station, Japan
(This Station was completely destroyed by the earthquake in September, 1923).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Baron of Vigo
Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co. Cork.— 24th June, 1938. The Spanish steam trawler Baron of Vigo had run ashore near the Old Head of Kinsale, but got help from another trawler.—Rewards, £11 8s..