LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Wandle
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 6.48 in the evening of the 3rd of June, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Wandle, of London, was approaching the harbour and wished to land a sick man. The motor life- boat Louise...
Eriksborg, of Landskrona
FEBRUARY 6TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At eleven in the morning a message from a doctor, through a local shipping agent, asked for the services of the life-boat to land a man who had been seriously injured on board the Swedish steamer Eriksborg, of...
An Aeroplane (90)
JUNE 25TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 2.25 A.M. the coastguard reported that a British bomber was believed to be down several miles to the eastward, and the motor life-boat J. B. Proudfoot, on temporary duty at this station, was...
Attempted Rescue By Second Coxswain
Shortly after 4 p.m. on 12th September, 1967, Mr R. W. S. Gould, who is second coxswain of the Bembridge life-boat, was working in his cafe on the beach at Bembridge when his attention was called to a bather in difficulties some 200 yards...
Category: Services
"Woods of Which a Life-Boat Is Made": A Correction
IN this article, which appeared in the last issue of The Life-boat, it was stated that greenheart, a very hard wood of which a little is used in building life- boats, was an African wood. This was not correct. It comes from...
Category: Articles
Long Service Awards
The Long Service Badge for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more has been awarded to: Aith - Assistant Mechanic J.W. Hunter (posthumous) Bembridge - Winchman O. Harbour Blackpool - Crew Member...
Category: Awards
Nola and Gay Rig
LIFE-BOAT OUT TO THREE YACHTS IN ONE NIGHT Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 7.21 on the evening of the 2nd June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a smail yacht with a split sail half a mile off Sandown needed help. At...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Its Object and Work
(Supported solely by Voluntary Contributions.) ITS OBJECT AND WORK.
The work of the Institution mainly consists of— 1. Building, equipping and maintaining Life-boats, transporting carriages, boathouses and slipways,...
Category: Articles
In Retirement Services Limited
There are no monthly repayments with the Equity Advance Plan1 A tax-free cash lump sum Option of a guaranteed* monthly income Continue to live in your own home Still provide for your family in your will Know at the outset the amount to be...
Category: Advertisement
Southwards and Westwards
Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 12.37 on the afternoon of the 13th of November, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the vessel Drop- ford was towing the fishing vessel Southwards, which had engine trouble, towards Morecambe...