LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Lorry Load of Luck!
Les Dennis draws the winning tickets under the watchful eye of the deputy head of fundraising and marketing Anthony Oliver.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
George and Mary of Hull
On the night of the 25th October, 1859, the sloop George and Mary, of Hull, was driven ashore near Filey, in a heavy gale from the eastward.
On her showing a light as a signal of dis- tress, the Filey life-boat was manned...
Seagull, of Cowes
At 4.46 p.m. on 5th August, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had been reported firing red flares five miles south of the Needles.
The life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe slipped her moorings at...
The Oil Rig Sea Gem (3)
Skegness, Lincolnshire. On 28th December, 1965, the life-boat Charles Fred Grantham was launched to search for survivors from the oil rig Sea Gem.
A full account of this service appears on page 63..
The French Motor Vessel St. Barbe
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—13th October. The French motor vessel St.
Barbe, of Treguier, signalled for medical aid, but it was found that she wanted pilot.—Rewards, £7 15s. 6d..
Would-be rescuers rescued
Porthcawl’s B class lifeboat Rose of the Shires was launched into the sweltering heat of 26 June to help six people in the water. Three children were being swept out to sea on bodyboards; their mother and grandfather tried to swim out to...
Category: Articles
Portrait of a Coxswain
Coxswain John A. Fox, of the Shoreham Harbour, Sussex, life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant. A member of the local crew since 1946, he was Second Coxswain from November, 1963, to April last year when he was promoted. Since 1946 Shoreham... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Our Inland Branches. Henley-On-Thames
LEAVING the main line at Twyford on the ; Great Western Railway, we proceed by a small local line to Henley, passing through Shiplake, a small station where the j Thames is crossed. This village is situ- ated at the foot of hilly slopes, on...
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The Institution's Income at a Glance
How each £100 of the Institution's Income was obtained in 1929.
£ s. d.
41 14 0 i ——"M — — — —•—— Subscriptions, Donations, and Life-boat Days.
26 11 6 ——i —...
Category: Accounts
The Institution's Income at a Glance
How each £100 of the Institution's Income was obtained in 1935.
£ s. d.
36 16 0 _« __«H_«. » Subscriptions, Donations, and Life-boat Days.
35 6 0...
Category: Accounts