LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Michael and Lily Davis Entering Ramsgate Harbour With Blu-Blud In Tow. the Rescued Crew Can Be Seen Amidships.
The Michael and Lily Davis entering Ramsgate harbour with Blu-Blud in tow. The rescued crew can be seen amidships.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Excel (1)
On 28th to 29th October, the night following the service of the St. Mary's Life-boat, the gales reached their worst, striking with special violence on the coast of North Wales and Lancashire.
That night nine Life-boats...
The Eastbourne Lifeboat Duke at Kent Beaches Ready for Recovery After Her Service to the Blazing Ammunition Ship Breydon Merchant on 24 February
The Eastbourne lifeboat Duke at Kent beaches ready for recovery after her service to the blazing ammunition ship Breydon Merchant on 24 February. - View image in PDF
(Photo Paul Russell). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Admiralty Tug
THREE LIFE-BOATMEN OVERBOARD NOVEMBER 9TH - 10TH. - MONTROSE, AND BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. Shortly after six in the evening an Admiralty tug was bombed from the air. The Montrose coxswain saw the bombs dropping. Thinking that the life-boat...
Through the Streets
Moving the motor life-boat Sir Arthur Rose from the building yard at Sandbank to Bellahouston Park.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Boat fire off beachy head
18 December: Both Eastbourne lifeboats were launched when distress flares were spotted 2 miles south of Beachy Head. A pilot boat that was first on the scene took a lone angler off the ablaze 8.3m motor cruiser...
Category: Articles
Past and Present
40 years ago From the pages of THE LIFEBOAT, April 1949 issue As the last of the sailing life-boats was replaced by a motor life-boat on the 12th oJDecember, 1948, the term motor life-boat will no longer be used. "Life-boat" will...
Category: Articles
Additional Life-Boat Stations
Fully impressed as we are with the conviction that more life-boat stations, and improved organization of the boats already established, are the two most pressing wants on our coasts, we are gratified to be able to announce that since the...
Category: Articles
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Appeal
Royal National Life-Boat Institution.
Patroness—HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
President—THE BIGHT Hon. EARL PERCY, P.G.
THE COMMITTEE or MANAGEMENT have to state that, during...
Category: Advertisement
George and James of London
On the 28th February, the brig George and James, of London, ran ashore near Winterton. The life-boat was soon launched and proceeded to her, taking off her crew, 8 in number, and landing them safely at Winterton.