LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Ladies' Life-Boat Guild
" Thousands of women, in every part, of the United Kingdom, rich or poor, high and, low, have shown that they are moved by the same spirit of mercy and helpfulness as actuated Grace Darling. In their own way, they have rendered...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats
On the morning of the 15th February nine fishing boats proceeded to the fishing ground about eight or nine miles from the land. Shortly after having shot theirlines they were overtaken by a heavy gale from the N., and a very rough sea, and...
Volant
GORLESTON, NORFOLK. — The coastguard having informed the coxswain of the Life-boat Marie Lane that a vessel was burning flares in Yarmouth Roads, while a whole gale was blowing from the E., accompanied by a heavy sea, on the 31st January,...
Bluebell
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire. — Shortly before 6 o'clock in the morning of the 16th of September, 1948, a message was received from the coastguard that the motor fishing boat Bluebell, of Port Seton, had broken down nine miles to the...
Malvina
DEC. 23RD. - WELLS, NORFOLK. At 1 P.M. it was reported that three fishing boats had gone to sea at 5 A.M. Two had come back at about 11 A.M. but the third, Malvina, with a crew of three, was missing. A light N.W. wind was blowing with a...
HANDS TO THE PUMP
THURSO | 11 FEBRUARY
The two-man crew of a fishing boat called for help in the small hours when their engine room started filling with water off Dunnet Head. Thurso lifeboat crew reached the scene at 5am to transfer a salvage pump...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Fort Ellice
LANDING AN INJURED MAN Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 1st of June, 1947, a wireless message came from the S.S.
Fort Ellice that she wished to land a man with a broken leg and other injuries. The case was...
R E Prior & Co
CORNWALL For town, country and waterside property on or near Falmouth Harbour, Carrick Roads and Helford River R.E.PRIOR 8 CO Surveyors Valuers Estate Agents R. E. PRIOR, F.R.I.C.S.
3 Market Street,...
Category: Advertisement
During the Recent Golden Wonder Promotion
During the recent Go/den Wonder promotion where money, in exchange for tokens from crisp packets, was donated to the RNLI, the pupils of Chennestone Middle School, Sunbury- on-Thames, collected 1,500 tokens. At a rate of 5p donated for every... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: Due to space restrictions we regret that only coxswains or branch and guild officers with a minimum of 10 years service will appear in this obituary column.
Obituaries...
Category: Obituaries