LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Eastbourne Lifeboat the 37Ft
Launch into south-westerly strong gale, force 9, Sunday March 22: Three progressive photographs of Eastbourne lifeboat, the 37ft 6in Rather Duke of Kent, taken by 16-yearold Matthew Hancock as (left) she launched down her slipway into... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Cobles (1)
FILEY.—Six fishing cobles which had gone out on the morning of the 15th April being overtaken by a heavy sea, the Life-boat Hollon the Second was launched at 2 P.M., when the boats came in sight, passed lifebelts on board them, and escorted...
Pilot Me, Provider and Success
Whitby, Yorkshire.—Early on the morning of the 6th December, 1937, the local motor fishing boats Pilot Me, Provider and Success put out. Just before 2 P.M. they were seen returning, and as the sea was then breaking very strongly across the...
The Norwegian Coaster Sonnodd
Norwegian coaster towed off reef by Mallaig lifeboat On 16 April 1991, coxswain Tommy Ralston of Mallaig lifeboat station sighted from his house the Norwegian coaster Sonnodd heading for the reef to the north of Mallaig...
New Ways of Raising Money
Mr. J. L. Tillett, a leading member of the Norwich Round Table (which paid for the IRB at Happisburgh) is a jeweller by trade. He made some delightful miniature badges depicting a life-boat, in gold and colour, which were sold at the Norfolk...
Category: Donations
The Fourth Part of the World
The Fourth Part of the World
By Toby Lester
Review by Peter Bradley
In ancient times the Earth, placed at the centre of the cosmos, was known to have three parts: Asia, Europe and Africa....
Category: Articles
The 39Ft Constanze Sinking By the Bow,
The 39ft Constanze sinking by the bow, broaches heavily under tow in a Force 6 to 7 wind. Despite various attempts the crew of the Dover lifeboat could not prevent her sinking just two miles away from Dover. The crew of six German yachtsmen... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Commander F R H Swann Rnvr Chairman of the Committee of Management Received the Cbe from Hm the Queen on On March 19 It Being London Flag Day He
Commander F. R. H. Swann, RNVR, Chairman of the Committee of Management, received the CBE from HM the Queen on on March 19. It being London flag day, he bought his flag outside Buckingham Palace.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ian Firman
When Ian Firman was appointed coxswain of Scarborough lifeboat in 1983 he was, at 27, one of the youngest men to have held that position. He joined the lifeboat crew in 1977 and became second coxswain in 1982. Serving the RNLI is fast... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Alcyone Fortune
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 8,17 in the evening of Christmas Day, 1948, the Southend coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Princess Margaret had reported to Portpatrick Radio that a vessel was aground on Sanda Island, and the motor life-boat...