LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Human chain THE POLICE informed the honorary secretary of Rye Harbour ILB station at 1458 on Sunday, July 4, that three children had been trapped by the tide off the central car park, Camber.
There was a gentle...
Two Aeroplanes
APRIL 20TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 2 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that two aeroplanes were in the sea, and that one airman had come down by parachute, and at 2.10 P.M. the motor life-boat The Lord Southborough (Civil Service...
Representatives of Overseas Maritime Authorities and LiEsaving Associations Are Always Welcome at Rnli Headquarters Among Recent Visitors to Poole Was Rear Co
Representatives of overseas maritime authorities and li.esaving associations are always welcome at RNLI headquarters. Among recent visitors to Poole was Rear Commodore J. B. Pearson of North Queensland Squadron, Australian Volunteer Coast... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gloaming, Miseltoe and Victory
On the 2nd January, while the fishing fleet was at sea, the wind freshened and most of the boats ran for harbour, but three of them—Gloaming, Miseltoe and Victory —which were farther out than the rest, stayed to try and get up their...
A Sailboard
Carried off shore LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Fleetwood lifeboat station at 1749 on Friday March 23, 1984, that a board sailor was in trouble a short distance from the shore opposite Rossall Hospital. Maroons were...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
SOUTHEND, CANTYRE, N.B. — The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life-boat Establishment, under the management of the Campbeltown Local Committee, at the south end of Cantyre, near Dunaverty Castle, where JANUARY 1, 1870.] THE...
Category: Articles
(Right) As An Honorary Member of Beaumaris Lifeboat Crew Sir Jimmy Savill Obe
(Right) As an honorary member of Beaumaris lifeboat crew Sir Jimmy Savill QBE has always been a friend to the RNLI and when Storm Force was first introduced he was quick to support the junior club by writing a message in an early issue of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Four Life-Boats Are Named. Countess Howe at Yarmouth
OVER a year after she was first introduced experimentally into the life-boat service, the 48-foot 6-inch Oakley prototype life-boat, The* Earl and Countess Howe, was named and dedicated at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, on 26th...
Category: Inaugurations
H.M. Tug Attentif
FEBRUARY 14TH. - ABERDEEN . A t 9.35 P.M. the naval authorities asked for the assembly of the life-boat crew, as H.M. tug Attentif was reported three miles S.E. of Girdleness, with her stokehold flooded. A strong E.S.E. wind was blowing,...
Your Letters
Donations sewn up I was interested to read the letter in the Summer issue, 'Donations in lieu of reward.' This is a scheme I have operated for some time now, I have been involved with sewing machines most of my life and operated a...
Category: Correspondence