LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Paula Bertha
About 8 A.M.
on the 1st September the Coastguard gave information to the Coxswain of the No. 1 Life-boat, Samuel Plimsoll, that a vessel was aground on the Holm Sand.
He promptly mustered his crew, and...
Pearl, Ellen Harrison, Ford Fisher and Isabella
At about 5 P.M. on the llth November, during a northerly gale, signals of distress were seen from the schooner Pearl, of Chester, which was bound from Con- nah's Quay to Dublin with a cargo of fire-clay. The Life-boat Charles and Eliza...
Coxswain Henry G. Blogg, of Cromer (1)
Twice awarded the Institution's gold medal for great gallantry. Twice awarded the Institution's silver medal for gallantry. Awarded the medal of the Order of the British Empire by H.M. the King.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Seafire Aircraft
Clogher Head, Co. Louth; and Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 22nd of May, 1953, the Air Control Officer, Irish Air Corps, at Baldonnell rang up the Clogher Head life-boat station to say that a Seafire aircraft of the Irish...
Nordanhar
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands - On 21st February, 1970, the life-boat Guy and Clare Hunter was launched and rescued the crew of ten of the Swedish motor vessel Nordanhar. A full account of the service will appear in the next number of THE...
Chairman's Thanks
The new Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., and the retiring Chairman, Captain the Hon. V. M. Wynham- Quin, R.N., wish to take this opportunity of expressing their thanks for the very many kind...
Category: Committee
Fantasy
Walmer, Kent - On 29th August, 1968, the life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson, on temporary duty at the station, rescued the crew of three of the yacht Fantasy, for which special awards were granted. A full account of this service will appear...
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Swanage, Dorset - At 6.30 p.m. on 6th October, 1969, the coastguard told the life-boat coxswain that a man was trapped on the face of the cliff at Ballard. The crew assembled in case of need. A police rescue party joined the C.R.E. Company...
A Rubber Dinghy
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 5.20 on the afternoon of the 7th of May, 1958, the police told the honorary secretary that a rubber dinghy was drifting out to sea off Leasowe lighthouse with one man on board. At 5.35 the life-boat Edward and Mary...
Plymouth's Round House Before-
Plymouth's Round House presented unique problems when it was convened into the RNLI's base in Plymouth in 1993. The listed building dates from the early 19th century and the before-and-after photographs show how the building has been... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs