LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sunbeam
On the 14th March, when a fresh southerly breeze was blowing, and a rough sea was | running, the fishing-coble Sunbeam was j delayed some hours behind the others, in consequence of the night being very dark with snow falling heavily and the...
Pitness
Soon after midday on the 27th March the coastguard telephoned that a steam drifter three miles N.E. of Troup was flying a " Not under control " signal.
The motor life-boat Lady Rothes put out at 12.40 P.M. In the...
The Passenger Ferry Laerling
Thirty one passengers rescued from ferry aground on rocks The Chairman of the the Institution, Michael Vernon, has written to the coxswain and crew of the Lerwick lifeboat after the rescue of 31 passengers, mostly elderly, from a stranded...
A Grand Finale
RNLI crew members from Brighton, Littlehampton and Poole took part in two displays at the last ever Royal Tournament at Earls Court on 22 July.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Surf Motor Life-Boats. An Experimental Type
THIS year two motor life-boats of a new, experimental type have been com- pleted and stationed one at Wells, Norfolk, and the other at Ilfracombe, Devon. They are a surf type, and are 2J tons lighter than the light 35 feet 6 inches...
Category: Articles
Hm the Queen Mother's 100th Birthday Parade
Hm The Queen Mother's 100Th Birthday Parade. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Carmarthen Coast
Nov. 9TH. - SEAHAM, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 7.50 A.M. a message was received at Seaham from the coastguard that the S.S. Carmarthen Coast, of Liverpool bound, laden, from Kirkcaldy to London had struck a mine several miles to the east...
Maria, of Ymuiden
APRIL 13TH. - ABERDEEN. News was received that a vessel was ashore on Aberdeen beach, and at 7 in the morning the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance was launched. The easterly breeze was light, but there was a heavy swell with a breaking...
Nine People Rescued from Dutch Motor Vessel
A FINE service carried out in an easterly gale resulted in the rescue of all nine people on board a Dutch motor vessel. For this service Coxswain Walter Jonas Oxley, of Walton and Frinton, was awarded the bronze second service clasp for...
Category: Services
HM the Queen's Golden Jubilee
The atmosphere was incredible. We started a competition with the crowds to see which side could cheer loudest. They almost deafened us/. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs