LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Irish School's Gift of £50
The Headmistress of the Collegiate School, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, held a Christmas Day collection in the school for the Life-boats, and, as a result, no less a sum than £50 was subscribed.
This is one of the most...
Category: Donations
Concord
Gourdon, Kincardineshire. At 6.15 p.m. on loth July, 1965, the honorary secretary was told by the coastguard that the motor fishing 'vessel Concord had broken down'7!^ miles south-east of Gourdon. The life-boat the Edith Clouson-Thue...
Girl Evelyn
DESTROYED BY HEAVY SEAS Rhyl, Flintshire.—At 8.53 on the night of the 2nd of November, 1947, the coast- guard reported a distress flare seen off the harbour and it was thought that the motor fishing boat Girl Evelyn, of Deganwy, known to be...
In Gathering Darkness Salcombe's Relief Tyne Class Manners
In gathering darkness Salcombe's relief Tyne class Manners Wend approaches the stranded coaster Ina. Her starboard anchor cable blocks the obvious approach, so coxswain Frank Smith took the lifeboat in astern off the casualty's port... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sophia Holten
RYE, SUSSEX.—On the 10th February, at about 2.30 A.M., signals of distress were shown by a vessel off Jury's Gap.
The wind was blowing strongly from the S.W., and the sea was heavy at the time.
The Rye...
RESCUE
HUMPBACK WHALE FREED
DART/SALCOMBE | 22 MARCH
RNLI crew never quite know what to expect when they’re called out – this time it was an 8m humpback whale trapped
n fishing gear. The lifeboats helped...
Category: Articles
Hunstanton's Atlantic 21Class Lifeboat Spirit of America
Hunstanton's Atlantic 21class lifeboat Spirit of America is capable of some 29 knots. Helmsman Alan Clarke said of her: 'Speed is one of her greatest assets and can be paramount in saving life - but she can only be driven as hard as... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Helmsman Edward Brown (Left) and Crew Member Robin Middleton New Brighton Photograph By Courtesy of Brian Stevenson
Helmsman Edward Brown (left) and Crew Member Robin Middleton, New Brighton. - View image in PDF
Photograph by courtesy of Brian Stevenson.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The "Van Kook" Life-Boat Saving a Shipwrecked Crew on the Goodwin Sands
The "VAN KOOK" LIFEBOAT SAVING A SHIPWRECKED CREW on the Goodwin Sands.
Category: Drawings
List of Forthcoming Life-Boat Days
THE following lists show the of Life-boat Days in the various districts, and also those places where Life-boat Days have been arranged but the dates have not yet been definitely fixed owing to the uncertainty caused by the present industrial...
Category: Articles