LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Golden Years, the Danish Coaster Else Gitte
Hurricane force 12 STORM FORCE WINDS, gusting to hurricane force 12 from the west south west, were sweeping the west coast of Scotland on the morning of Thursday March 20, 1986, when the Troon pilot heard over his radio that the fishing...
Annual Report. 1892
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL, LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Princes' Hall, Piccadilly, on Saturday, 30th day of April, 1892, Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., M.P., V.P., in the Chair, the following Report of the...
Category: Annual Reports
The S.S. Nebarn (1)
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK ; CAISTEB, WIXTERTON-, PALLING, AND CBOMEE, NORFOLK.—In the early hours of 29th January, the s.s. Newbarn of Newcastle, which is a big steamer of more than 3,000 tons, ran aground on the southern end of the Hasboro'...
The Fundraisers
Sail Safari -- it's a lifeboat knockout! Using the 'It's a Knockout' theme, which has recently re-emerged into the limelight, the RNLI staged Sail Safari, an 'around the world boat race' in Battersea Park on 25...
Category: Articles
Shoreline
IT is ALWAYS pleasing to report that one of our Shoreline clubs has been actively involved in fund raising. Such a club is No 8 at Peterborough which, in conjunction with the local RNLI branch, ran a very successful SOS day in Ferry Meadows...
Category: Articles
Small Ads
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Category: Advertisement
The Fundraisers
Clem 1, RNLI 250 A chance meeting with Ray Clemence, former England, Liverpool and Tottenham goalkeeper, raised £250.27 for the Clapham, Battersea and Wandsworth branch.
Joe Perry, a set builder for TV shows, met Ray...
Category: Articles
1975: Silver Medallists Coxswain Ben Tart of Dungeness (I) and Coxswain Albert Bird of Aberdeen Meet After Nearly 20 Years
. . . 7975: silver medallists Coxswain Ben Tart of Dungeness (I.) and Coxswain Albert Bird of Aberdeen meet after nearly 20 years . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Carmela
Plymouth, Devon.—On the night of the 18th July flares were reported from the eastern end of the breakwater. A moderate S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain. The motor life-boat Robert and Marcella Beck put off at 11.50...
Floral Queen, Silver Line, Little Lady and Margaret
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 11.45 in the morning of the 2nd of April, 1952, the life-boat head launcher reported that the seas were very heavy on the harbour bar, making the conditions bad for returning fishing cobles. Four cobles were at...