LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
St. Minver
Padstow, Cornwall. At 6.46 on the evening of the 29th of August, 1958, a message was received by the honorary secretary that calls for help had been heard coming from a boat off Pentine Head. At 7.5 the no. 1 life-boat Joseph Hiram Chadwick...
Mary Jane
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—While a moderate gale from the S.S.W. was blowing and in thick weather, the schooner Mary Jane, of and for Eamsey from Whitehaven with a cargo of coal, was seen labouring heavily, having her sailstorn and rendered...
Margate: (Left) With the Floor Broken Up By Waves Inside of Lifeboat House Stands Open to the Sea Slipway Can Be Seen on Left Photograph By Courtesy of Christopher
Margate: (Left) With the floor broken up by waves, inside of lifeboat house stands open to the sea. - View image in PDF
Slipway can be seen on left. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Christopher Fright. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In Memoriam
AN interesting ceremony took place at Horstead Church, Norfolk, on the 18th July, when a memorial window to the memory of the late Sir Edward Birk- beck, for twenty-five years Chairman of the Institution, was unveiled in the presence of Lady...
Category: Articles
The Late Coxswain William Henry Baker. Coxswain 1904 to 1923
The Late Coxswain William Henry Baker Coxswain 1904 To 1923. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The American Ship Ellen Southard
On the morning of the 27th September, a very gallant service was performed by the Institution's tubular Life-boat Willie and Arthur, stationed at New Brighton.
During the previous night a storm of unusual violence had...
South-Western District Conference
A CONFERENCE of branches and guilds from seven counties in the South West of England—Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire, Dorset, Berkshire, Oxford- shire and East Somerset—was held at Southampton on the 13th June,...
Category: Meetings
Henry Browne & Son Ltd.
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Category: Advertisement
Letter to the Editor
SIR - I am a life-boat enthusiast and as such I am particularly interested in boats and equipment. As there must be others like myself, would it be possible to form a R.N.L.I. Enthusiasts' Club ? May I, through this journal, ask what...
Category: Correspondence
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Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 8.39 on the evening of the 24th of July, 1953, the Penmon coastguard rang up to say that two people were stranded on Puffin Island and were waving for help.
As the weather was too bad for a...