LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
This Picture of a Life-Boatman and the R.N.L.I., Flag, Against a Sea Background, Is a Collage
This picture of a life-boatman and the R.N.LI, flag, against a sea background, is a collage made up of 17 different kinds of English postage stamps, and is the work of Capt. Colin Lowry, former honorary secretary and now chairman of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Strathearn Glass Ltd
STRATHEARN GLASS have created the above engraved block paperweight, designed and engraved by their Staff Engraver, Alasdair C. Gordon D.A. (Edin.), to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the R.N.L.I.
It is being offered in...
Category: Advertisement
The Record Month by Month
The Record Month by Month 1946 Vessels Lives Number Lives which Lives Rescued of Rescued Life-boats Rescued by Life-boat by Saved or by Auxiliary Launches Life-boats Helped Shore boats Rescue to Save Boats January . 51 103 4 15 - February . ...
Category: Annual Reports
Sea Serpent
About 5 A.M., on the 24th November, the barque Sea Serpent, of South Shields, was observed ashore op- posite the Wellington Pier, the wind blow- ing a gale from the E. at the time. The Yarmouth small surf life-boat was im- mediately launched...
Open Boats
KINGSTOWN, IRELAND.—At 11.30 P.M.
on the llth December it was reported that some fishermen were in danger on board a wreck on the North Bull Sands. It appeared that a number of open boats were fishing near the spot when a...
Queen Victoria, of Lyne
On the night of the I 24th January the ketch Queen Victoria, of I Lynn, was wrecked near the entrance of Sunderland harbour, during a strong ! breeze at N.W. That vessel had come to an anchor while on a voyage from Lynn...
Gleaner
The Life-boat Duncan was launched from this station at 6 A.M. on the 10th October last, and rescued 2 men from a perilous position on board the fishing smack Gleaner. A sudden storm had compelled a number of < fishing vessels,...
Alma
At about 1.30 P.M. on the 9th January the Life-boat Coxswain with a large number of men witnessed the breaking away from their moorings of two boats anchored in Holy Island Harbour, one being the cutter Alma, of South Shields, and the other...
Fishing Boats (1)
On the 17th March, during an E. gale, a very heavy sea was running across the mouth of the harbour, and a number of the fishing-boats were lying off, waiting to get in when the tide flowed. As the sea was breaking heavily it was thought wise...
Fishing Boats (1)
Whitby, Yorkshire. On the 4th of April, 1960, there was a heavy ground sea on the bar, which made it dangerous for boats to enter harbour. As the local fishing fleet was still at sea, in- cluding a number of small cobles, it was decided to...