LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Hoveller James and Ellen
The Life-boat Louisa Heartwell was launched at 10.45 P.M. on 27th November, in a very heavy sea to the assistance of the hoveller James and Ellen, of Yarmouth, which was in difficulties and unable to beach on account of the very heavy surf...
(Left) Whitby: at a Ceremony of Dedication on May 3 Miss Gwynaeth Milburn Watches As Alan Marshall Branch Chairman Pours Champagne on a New D Class Ilb Th
(Left) Whitby: At a ceremony of dedication on May 3, Miss Gwynaeth Milburn watches as Alan Marshall, branch chairman, pours champagne on a new D class ILB, the second lifeboat she has given to the station; Miss Milburn is also the donor of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
None (14)
FEBRUARY 22ND. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
Morse signals thought to be an S.O.S. had been reported, but no vessel in need of help could be found. - Rewards, £11 10s..
Aeroplanes (3)
AUGUST 16TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. During an air battle aeroplanes were reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £2 15s. 6d..
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WHITBY.—The Whitby No. 2. Life-boat was rapidly becoming unfit for further ser- vice, and it has been replaced by another 8-oared boat, 30 feet long, and 7 feet -t inches wide, which was forwarded to the station, with a transporting-carriage...
Category: Articles
Rnli news
AGM 1988 The RNLI's annual meetings for 1988 will take place on Tuesday, May 10 at the South Bank, London. The governors' annual general meeting takes place in the Queen Elizabeth Hall at 11.30 am and the annual presentation of...
Category: Articles
Derek Lionel Scott
Derek Lionel Scott Former Mumbles coxswain (see right) Derek Scott BEM Derek joined The Mumbles lifeboat crew in 1947 following a disaster when the lifeboat overturned with the loss of all her crew. In 1950 he was made bowman, in 1952 second...
Category: Obituaries
The S.S Lilian
About 110011 on the 6th July the Coastguard fired the Life-boat assembly signal, and in response the crew quickly mustered, launched the boat, and at once pro- ceeded to the s.s. Lilian, of West Hartlepool, which was ashore in a very...
Brothers to the Rescue
ON the morning of Easter Sunday a medical student and a nursing sister went out in a canoe from Bognor Regis.
When they were half a mile off shore they capsized. The wind, from the west, was strong, the sea rough, and the...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Service Abroad
UNITED STATES.
THE Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service for the year ending 30th June, 1912, has been received, and we extract the following details.
Attention is drawn to the fact that...
Category: Articles