LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kind Knight
Workington, Cumberland. — At nine o'clock on the morning of the 20th of November, 1956, a message was received from the master of the Nor- wegian vessel Varangbcrg that he had taken the motor vessel Kind Knight, with a crew of four, in...
Life-Boat Conference
South-western District.
A CONFERENCE of Honorary Workers in Hampshire, Berkshire, East Dorset and Wiltshire was held at Winchester on the 15th March. Representatives from nineteen Branches and Guilds were present, and Sir...
Category: Meetings
Cover Picture
Fog . . . one of the worst hazards for the seafarer. The prototype 47ft Tyne class lifeboat City of London underwent her slipway trials at Selsey lifeboat station in Sussex, and Selsey lifeboathouse and slipway can be seen looming in the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Tender Pendonna
Humber, Yorkshire. At 2.47 on the morning of the 1st of November, 1960, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that red flares had been seen near the Bull lightvessel. A strong east-south-easterly wind was blowing, and the sea...
One of the Last Launches of John and Henrietta In 1916 Assisted By the Army
One of the last launches of John and Henrietta, in 1916, assisted by the army.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Spreety
Lifeboat and ILB AT 0813 ON WEDNESDAY August 17, 1977, HM Coastguard Aldeburgh requested the launch of Aldeburgh lifeboat to a yacht firing red flares about half a mile east of the lookout. Because of the difficulties of launching at low...
Brigadier R. J. P. Wyatt
BRIGADIER R. J. P. WYATT, M.C., T.D., D.L., J.P., District Organising Secre- tary for the South-East of England from August 1927 to December 1952, died on the 22nd of October, 1954.
Brigadier Wyatt was educated at...
Category: Obituaries
Rnli National Lottery
THE DUKE OF ATHOLL, chairman of the RNLI, came to Poole headquarters on Wednesday October 31 to draw the 20 winners of the twenty-seventh national lottery. More than £45,000 had been raised and the chairman was successful in drawing...
Category: Articles
The Motor Fishing Boats Pilot Me II and Lead Us
Whitby, Yorkshire.—During the morn- ing of the 8th of May, 1951, there was a strong northerly gale and a heavy swell off Whitby; and it was making the harbour bar very dangerous for the returning local motor fishing boats, Pilot Me II and...
BBC Television Appeal
As we were closing for press it was learnt that the R.N.L.I. has been granted an appeal on B.B.C. television on Sunday, 16th March, 1969, at 7.20p.m. This appeal will not be seen in Scotland but there will be a special Scottish appeal later...
Category: Articles