LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Close on £590 was raised at the annual Colchester flag day on 13th June, 1970,
Close on £590 was raised at the annual Colchester flag day on 13th June, 1970, and the earlier house-to-house collection. Both were organised by Mrs. Norman Clarke, secretary of the Colchester ladies' life-boat guild, whose husband... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Diana (1)
Lythatn-St. Anne's, Lancashire, and New Brighton, Cheshire - At sevenminutes past midnight on I5th October, 1966, the coastguard informed the coxswain of the Lytham-St. Anne's life-boat that a fishing boat which left Crossens at 10...
Northern Exposure
On a squally November night, time was rapidly running out for a fisherman in the water in Fraserburgh Harbour
It was quick thinking, forward planning and great teamwork by the local lifeboat...
Category: Articles
‘ THEY WERE UTTERLY FROZEN’
When three people found themselves clinging to the bow of a sinking sailboat in the Dee Estuary, their hopes lay in the skill of a lifeboat crew – and no small amount of luck
On 22 February...
Category: Articles
November (1)
NOVEMBER MEETING MARGATE, KENT. About eight, in the morning of 12th June, 1940, two men and a boy, who were out fishing in a motor boat near the East Margate buoy, saw two aeroplanes fighting seven miles to the N.E., and one of the...
Category: Services
The "Hopelyn" Service
THE presentation of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals awarded to the Coxswains and Crews of the Lowestoft Motor Life- boat and the Gorleston Pulling and Sailing Life-boat for the service to the s.s. Hopelyn on 19th-21st October, 1922, took...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management
Reported to the November, December and January meetings of the Committee of Management.
November Meeting.
Kingstown, Co. Dublin.—At 9.5 A.M.
on the 20th August information was received...
Category: Services
Listings
Lifeboat and hovercraft launches remainder of July–September 2006 Listings ABERDEEN ON-1248(17-24):Sep 25 ON-1262(17-33):Jul 17, 31, Aug 18, 26 D-500:Jul 26,31,Aug 26,Sep 25 D-536:Jul 17 ABERDOVEY B-758:Jul 19(x2),23,29,30, Aug...
Category: Articles
Dutchess & A Small Boat Belonging to Yorkgarth
On the afternoon of the 5th May Seaforth wireless station received a message that a schooner near Beta buoy wanted immediate help. News was passed to the life-boat stations and the New Brighton No. 2 pulling and sailing life-boat Anne Miles...
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Governor MR. WILLIAM JAMES has been appointed an honorary life-governor of the Institution in recognition of the valuable help he has given to the life-boat service for forty-three years as honorary secretary of the Runswick...
Category: Awards