LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Case of Rum Awarded to Holyhead Crew
THE Sugar Manufacturers' Association (of Jamaica) Limited awarded a case of rum to the life-boat crew who carried out the longest continuous service during the winter months of 1953-54. The award was given to the Holyhead crew for the...
Category: Awards
Inaugural Ceremonies: Scotland
FIVE Inaugural Ceremonies have taken place in Scotland during the past summer, at Girvan, Port Patrick and Kirkcudbright on the West Coast, and Cromarty and Dunbar on the East Coast. At the first four of these Cere- monies the Duke of...
Category: Inaugurations
Life-Boat Christmas Card
The picture above is for the Life-boat Christmas card, 1950. It is a famous rescue of seventy years ago. The Ramsgate life-boat is going out to the help of the barque Indian Chief, wrecked on the Long Sand on January 5th,...
Category: Advertisement
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BROADSTAIRS, KENT. — The boatmen at Broadstairs having some time since requested the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION to place one of its self-righting life-boats on that station, and it being considered that such a boat might be useful, in...
Category: Articles
Slaney
MILFORD.—The schooner Slaney, of Wexford, bound to Newport, Hon., in ballast, showed a signal of distress during a strong gale on the morning of the 26th September. The Life-boat Katharine put off to the vessel and found that her crew did...
January (1)
JANUARY MEETING STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES. At 10.30 in the morning of the 9th of February, 1943, the 30- feet motor fishing boat Girl Lena, with a crew of four, was fishing off Stornoway. The sea was smooth, with a moderate north-west...
Category: Services
William and Edwin,Unity, Little Mayflower and Boy Bob.
Hastings, Sussex.—During the evening of the 1st June, 1938, a whole S.W.
gale sprang up, bringing with it a very heavy sea. Several local fishing boats had been caught at sea, and it was decided to send out the motor...
One Armed Bend It: Superfit Ian Mckenty (I) and Andy
One armed bend it: superfit Ian McKenty (I) and Andy (r) raised themselves 1,050 times and £140 in cash in 30 minutes by doing one armed press-ups. This excruciating exercise took place in The Ale House, Bath, and was organised by Mr... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr. Harry Hargood, O.B.E., D.L., J.P.
By the death on 4th March of Mr.
Harry Hargood, O.B.E., D.L., J.P., of Worthing, a Vice-President of the Institution, the Life-boat Service has lost its oldest and one of its most loyal and distinguished friends. Mr....
Category: Obituaries
Actuosity
OCTOBER 3RD. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At about 6.55 A.M. the coxswain heard through the coastguard that a small boat was making signals of distress about two miles S.E. by E. of Cromer. A moderate easterly wind was blowing, with...