LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Jan Schaub of Cleveland, Ohio
Jan Schaub of Cleveland, Ohio hopped on a plane and gave the Whitby appeal a surprise cash boost.
Jan is pictured with Whitby Station Treasurer Geoff Cooling, Mechanic Glen Goodberry and Second Coxswain John... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
REMEMBERING PRINCESS VICTORIA
31 January 1953. A storm is building that will cause one of the UK’s worst natural disasters. Despite the gale warnings, at 7.45am the British Railways ferry Princess Victoria begins her regular passage across the Irish Sea. She will never...
Category: Articles
Lifeboats In Action
One man's courageA young man swept into the sea and crushed against rocks would surely have died were it not for the brave actions of lifeboatman Fergal Walsh. With no regard for the risk to himself he plunged into the sea to save the...
Category: Services
Nanta
CAHORE.—It was blowing a heavy storm from the S.E. on the 18th January, when the barque Nanta, of Lussino, bound from Glasgow to Trieste, was observed ashore on the Rusk Bank off the coast of Wexford.
The Life-boat Sir...
Old Hunter
At 2.15 A.M. on the 20th February, during a strong N.N.W. gale and very heavy surf, the Life-boat Maude Pickup was launched to a vessel in distress off Uossall Point. She proceeded—a tug towing her part of the way—in the face of the gale...
Lifeboat Services
SURVIVORS WALK TO LIFEBOAT Fourteen saved from yacht aground on the Goodwin Sands Both of Ramsgate's lifeboats were called to an incident on the Goodwin Sands on 13 November 1994, when a French sail-training vessel went aground in a WSW...
Category: Services
Eastbourne: Claire Margaret Hendy
Eastbourne: Claire Margaret Hendy, daughter of Dave and Margaret Hendy, was christened on board Eastbourne lifeboat. Her father is assistant winchman and her grandfather, Frank Tyhurst, is head launcher.
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Category: Photographs
Velin-heli
ST. ANNE'S, LANCASHIRE. — On the evening of the 17th December, signals were shown by the schooner Velin-heli, of Carnarvon, which had stranded on the Salthouse Bank while she was being towed to Preston, two days previously, during thick...
Love our lifesavers
We celebrated the work of some very special RNLI volunteers at our Annual Presentation of Awards in May. Here we feature Natasha Lambert, and two other dedicated volunteers
The RNLI has no...
Category: Articles