LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Marina
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 1st of February, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Marina needed help as her engine had broken down off Pakefield. The life-boat Michael Stephens...
An Aeroplane’s Rubber Dinghy
JANUARY 22ND. - MARGATE, KENT. At 11.10 A.M. the resident naval officer asked that the life-boat should be sent to a position three miles N. by W. of Margate, where an aeroplane’s yellow rubber dinghy had been seen. A S.W. wind was blowing,...
L.C.T. 972
JANUARY 17TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 4.20 in the morning the Tenby coastguard telephoned that a landing craft was in need of help off St. Ann’s Head, and at five o’clock the motor life-boat Elizabeth Elson was launched...
Other IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded on pages 491, 506, 515, the following launches on service were made during the months June to August, 1968, inclusive.
Aberdeen -...
Category: Services
Resolutions Passed at the Annual General Meeting for 1906
THE RIGHT HON. LORD TWEEDMOUTH, FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY, IN THE CHAIE.
1.
Moved by The Chairman.
Seconded by the Plight Hon. The EARL PERCY, M.P.
That the Annual...
Category: Meetings
Contents
THE LIFE-BOAT (Est. 1852) All editorial material submitted for consideration with a view to publication in the Journal should be addressed to The Editor, THE LIFE-BOAT, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1 (Tel. 01-730 0031). Photographs...
Category: Contents
A Sailing Boat (4)
Clovelly, Devon. At 9.20 on the morning of the 6th of June, 1959, the honorary secretary was informed that a small sailing boat, which had beet under observation since 6.30 but had made no distress signals, was drifting off Clovelly. The...
Enfant de Bretagne
Trawler taking water A FRENCH TRAWLER, Enfant de Bretagne, broadcast a Mayday call on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 2, 1975, saying that she was taking water in heavy weather in position 320°M 18 miles from St Ives Head. This...
Australian Food Parcels. A Gift to the Life-Boat Service from the Office of the Prime Minister
IN 1947 the Lord Mayor of Sydney started what came to be known as the Australian Express Parcel Scheme for sending food parcels to Great Britain.
Two years later, on November 29th, 1949, the two-millionth parcel was...
Category: Donations
Other IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 182, 792, and 201, the. following launches on service were made during the months March to May, 19673 inclusive: Abersoch,...
Category: Services