LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Nimrod Maritime Jet Aircraft of R.A.F. Strike Command Flying Over the Pentland Firth When the New Longhope Life-Boat (Centre), Which Is a 48-Foot 6-Inch Solent, Was Escorted to Her New Station
A Nimrod maritime jet aircraft of R.A.F. Strike Command flying over the Pentland Firth when the new Longhope life-boat (centre), which is a 48-foot 6-inch Solent, was escorted to her new station by (in the lead) 52-foot reserve life-boat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.M. Balloon Drifter Marcia
SEPTEMBER 7TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At about 11.30 at night the coastguard asked the life-boat to go to the help of a balloon drifter which was ashore in Blyth Bay about half a mile S.S.W. of Blyth piers. The night was...
A Bronze-Medal Service at Longhope
AT 7.20 on the evening of 21st February, 1936, a large trawler was seen to have gone ashore at Brims Ness, at the entrance of the aith in which the life- boat house is situated. The motor life-boat herself, however, the Thomas McCunn, was...
Category: Services
A Graceful Recognition of Services
the ON the 20th October, an interesting ceremony took place at the Sailors' Home, Holyhead, when the presentation of a Silver Medal and a reward in money, which had been voted by the Norwegian Government, was made to the coxswain and...
Category: Awards
Generous Railwaymen. Nearly £1000 Contributed By the Staffs of the L.M.S.
The staffs of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway have collected among themselves £938 15*. for the Life-boat Service. This has been done in response to a special appeal made to them by Sir Edwin Stockton, M.P., a director of the...
Category: Donations
The Pyrene Company Ltd
Just as ships in distress know they can depend on the men of Britain's life-boats, so in the emergency of fire the R.N.L.I, crews themselves know they can depend upon the sure and unfailing protection of the "Pyrene" Fire...
Category: Advertisement
The Italin Brig Sori
Earlier in the year, on the 7th January, the Kingsdowne and North Deal Life- boats had also been enabled to render somewhat similar service to the Italian brig Sori, except that in this instance the vessel, laden with linseed, was found on...
On December 18 Humber Lifeboat the 54Ft Arun City of Bradford Iv Towed Mfv Falke to Bridlington the Fishing Boat Had No Power Or Steering and Her Batteries Were
On December 18 Humber lifeboat, the 54ft Arun City of Bradford IV, towed MFV Falke to Bridlington. The fishing boat had no power or steering and her batteries were failing. photograph by courtesy of 'Hull Daily Mail'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
D. L. Harper
The motor tanker, D. L. Harper, of Danzig, 12.350 tons, bound laden from Aruba, West Indies, to Hamburg, with five passen- gers and thirty-eight crew, struck the Crane Rocks, about half a mile north of Lizard Head, on the 20th June.