LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
John and Robert
PORTHDINLLAEN. — A schooner was observed in distress, having lost all her sails, about two or three miles N.W. of Porthdinllaen Head, during a very heavy gale from N.N.W. on the morning of the 20th May. The Life-boat George Moore put off at...
Foreign Awards and Thanks
EWARDS or thanks for the help of 'e-boats have been received during ie present year from the Governments "[ five foreign countries, Belgium, Jenmark, Finland, Italy and the Jnited States of...
Category: Awards
Robert and Henry
The Life-boat Harriott Forteath was also launched at about 6.30 A.M., on the 20th August, and rescued the crew, consisting of three men, from the fishing coble Robert and Henry, of Whitby, which had stranded on the beach during- a fresh...
Lifeboat Ups and Downs
The RNLI's new dock and boat hoist came into use at the Poole depot in early June, enabling lifeboats to be lifted from the water and positioned anywhere in the yard for storage or inspection and work on underwater areas.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Daisy Gosnay
Mrs Daisy Gosnay, vice president of Aldeburgh and District Ladies' guild. She was the last direct surviving descendant of the 1899 Aldeburgh lifeboat disaster..
Category: Obituaries
Queen Victoria, of Lyne
Signals of distress were observed about half-past eight o'clock on the 10th November, from this Life-boat station, and the Manchester Unity was promptly launched to the assist- ance of the distressed vessel. It turned out that the...
An Unidentified Watson Ex-Lifeboat at Lochgilphead - the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society Would Like to Identify Her and Any Other Ex-Lifeboats
An unidentified Watson ex-lifeboat at Lochgilphead - the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society would like to identify her, and any other ex-lifeboats.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Past and Present
25 Years Ago The following article appeared in the December, 1962, issue of THE LIFEBOAT: First Rescue Ever From a Hovercraft ON the 17th September, 1962, a service of a unique kind was carried out when for the first time a rescue was...
Category: Articles
Elax and Polgarth
DECEMBER 22ND. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. The No. 2 life-boat Edmund and Mary Robinson was launched at 5.40 P.M. as information had been received that a vessel was in distress near C.11 Black Buoy.
A light easterly breeze...
Empress
Workington, Cumberland - At midnight on 2nd December, 1968, the coxswain reported that a fishing boat was overdue. The life-boat Manchester and Salford XXIX slipped her moorings at 12.20 in a moderate easterly wind with a smooth sea. The...