LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE fifth Christmas party given by the Staff at the Storeyard at Poplar, with the help of the Staff at Headquarters, to poor children of the district, took place on the 22nd December last at the Poplar Town Hall. Over 150 children were...

Stromness, Orkney.—On the morning of the 13th May the coastguard telephoned that a trawler was ashore on Kili Holm, in the Westray Firth, and that it was doubtful if local boats could establish communication. A moderate S.E. breeze was...

Stromness, Orkney.—At about 12.30 P.M. on the 2nd November, 1938, the Kirkwall coastguard reported that the Danish schooner Nordstjernen, of Marstal, was dismasted and drifting helplessly, ten miles north of Noup Head, Westray, and about...

Barmouth, Merionethshire.—On the morning of the 26th November, 1938, the coastguard reported a vessel ashore off the Dysinni River. A W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The pulling and sailing life-boat Jones-Gibb was launched at...

A TRAVELLING waxwork exhibition has been arranged by Mr. Louis Tussaud, of the famous waxwork show, and Mr.

Tussaud has included in it a life-boat tableau. He has also kindly agreed that the Institution's collecting...

FROM FAIREY.. THREE KINDS OF LIFEBOATS FOR THREE KINDS OF CONDITIONS.

All built to the highest standards. Standards that have made Fairey justifiably famous as lifeboat builders.

All three have all weather...

APRIL 29TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

At 4.10 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore at Robin Hood’s Bay, six miles to the south of Whitby. There was a dense fog, with a light S.E. wind and a strong ground swell....

RNLI volunteers were recognised with the prestigious Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award in December 2012.

We’re one of just 60 organisations to receive this one-off award that marks the Jubilee and Olympic year.<...