LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Elizabeth, of Cardigan
On the 23rd March, during a heavy gale of wind, the smack Elizabeth, of Cardigan, got under weigh to cross the Bar, but in doing so, her jib sheet was blown away.
She then let go her two anchors; but the chains parted, and...
Philatelic souvenirs
IT is NOW MORE than four years since the series of official RNLI commemorative covers was started. These colourful philatelic souvenirs of events in the life of the Institution were first issued in 1974 during the 150th anniversary year,...
Category: Articles
(Below) Ex-Coxswain Robert 'Bobbie' Brunton Retired In 1976 After 29 Years As a Member of Tynemouth Lifeboat Crew; He Was Second Coxswain from 1953 to 1963 Coxswa
(Below) Ex-Coxswain Robert 'Bobbie' Brunton retired in 1976 after 29 years as a member of Tynemouth lifeboat crew; he was second coxswain from 1953 to 1963, coxswain from 1963 to 1976. At TynemoutH's annual Christmas dinner the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs a Smart,
Mrs A Smart, Biddenden, Headcorn and district branch founder member and honorary secretary from 1985 until her death. She had worked for the RNLI for over 35 years in several branches in the following capacities: Crouch End branch LBWO/PRO...
Category: Obituaries
Ebro
MARCH 18TH. - FRASERBURGH, AND PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. Just before nine o’clock in the evening the coastguard at Kinnaird Head reported that a white rocket had been seen off Rattray Head, and at 9.20 the Fraserburgh motor life-boat John...
Methods of Launching Life-Boats
Chief Inspector of Life-boats (This paper was read at the 7th International Life-boat Conference held in Lisbon in June, 1955.) Ix Great Britain and Ireland the verv varying nature of the shore creates many problems, and the methods of...
Category: Articles
Tranquillity (1)
Barrow, Lancashire.—During the after- noon of the 8th of September, 1954, the Walney Island coastguard noticed a fishing boat near Half-Way buoy and saw later that she had anchored a mile south of it. At five o'clock the coast- guard...
Fishing Boats
The Life- boat Dunleary was launched at 6.5 P.M.
on the 30th January in response to a report, brought in by the mail-boat, that some of the fishing-boats belonging to Kingstown were in danger owing to the W.S.W. breeze...
Beaty
Caister, and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—On the night of the 2nd October flares were seen about two miles north of Caister, and the pulling and sailing life-boat Charles Burton was launched at 11.15 P.M. A moderate south gale was...
Life-Boat Launches on Service During the Months December 1970, January and February, 1971
Aith, Shetland Appledore, North Devon Ballycotton, Co. Cork Bar-mouth, Merionethshire Barra Island, Outer Hebrides Barrow, Lancashire Barry Dock, Glamorganshire Beaumaris, Anglesey Blackpool, Lancashire Bridlington, Yorkshire Calshot,...
Category: Services