LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
On June 13 1982 Halesowen Branch
On June 13, 1982, Halesowen branch held its second Fun Gala for the 12 primary and junior Stourbridge schools whose children come for their swimming lessons to Mrs Jean Hadley (centre), the branch honorary secretary. It was indeed fun, with... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Parthia
Trent saves five in gale force winds and very heavy seas When a northerly gale is blowing against a spring tide conditions in the English Channel near the island of Alderney can be very unpleasant indeed. It was in just these conditions that...
Birthday Honours
Three serving coxswains and a retired coxswain of the R.N.L.I. were honoured with the B.E.M. in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. They were Coxswain Edward C. Larbalestier, of St. Helier, Channel Islands, Coxswain Robert Lee, Douglas,...
Category: Awards
Last Year's Wrecks
THE approximate value of vessels of all nation- alities, with their cargoes, lost in all parts of the world during the year 1880, was no less than 68,327,000?., including British property 47,495,000?.
The grand total number...
Category: Articles
Sir Johnstone Wallace, K.B.E., D.L., J.P.
Sir Johnstone Wallace, K.B.E., D.L., J.P.
By the death of Sir Johnstone Wallace, K.B.E., D.L., J.P., of Newcastle, on 9th November last, the Institution has lost an old and valued supporter. For many years he was closely...
Category: Obituaries
Above Homeward Bound
Above. Homeward bound... Coxswain Eric Ward eases the Mersey under Poole bridge for the last time.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Castle Cove
MFV sinks BLYTH LIFEBOAT station motor mechanic, John Scott, called up Tynemouth Coastguard at 1825 on Tuesday December 7, 1982, to tell them that the lifeboat would be sailing for a rough weather exercise. He was informed that the fishing...
"The Brotherhood of Man:" A Tribute to the Life-Boat Service
DUBIXG the war our life-boat men were condemned by some people because they rescued those, who (in the opinion of certain folk) should have been left to perish. Some of these angry people wrote letters to the papers to ask why the men who...
Category: Articles
T. H. Burton
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 9.2 P.M.
on the 30th November a telephone message was received from the dockmaster, Salisbury Dock, Liverpool, that a motor barge, and three dumb barges in tow, were aground off the North...
The S.S. Beresford
WINTERTON AND PALLING. — On the night of the 31st of January last, the s.s. Beresford, of West Hartlepool, bound from Middlesbrough for Bombay, with a general cargo, stranded on Hasborough Sand during a thick fog, a S.W. wind, and a heavy...