LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Miss Jane Leresche, of Seaford
Miss Jane Leresche, who died in October, 1937, had been the honorary secretary of the Seaford branch for nearly ten years, and before that the assistant honorary secretary for over four years. During her honorary sec- retaryship the branch...
Category: Obituaries
El Alamein
JUNE 6TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
During the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that a motor fishing boat off Kinnaird Head appeared to be making for Fraserburgh under sail. Later they telephoned that she was...
The Latvian Steamer Taut Mila (1)
JANUARY 29TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, AND CROMER, NORFOLK.
News was received at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston that an open boat containing sixteen survivors from the Latvian steamer Taut Mila, which had been damaged...
Belgica
MOTOR BOAT LOST IN FOG Appledore, North Devon. At 7.45 on the morning of Saturday the 3rd of August, 1963, the coxswain learnt that the motor boat Belgica with two people on board was lost in dense fog near the bar.
At 7.55...
Andre Deutsch Ltd
SHIPWRECK Vera Cumberlege Illustrated by Maurice Yardley As a child the author watched the Bembridge lifeboat rowed to a wreck for the last time before a powered boat arrived. The dramatic events of that day remained in her memory and...
Category: Advertisement
A Fishing Boat
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 10.30 on the night of the 20th of August, 1958, the police reported that two fishermen were overdue and that flames had been seen from Cobo Bay in a north-westerly direction. At 10.45 the life-boat Euphrosyne...
Two Boats
At about 8.30 P.M. on the 10th August it was reported by visitors that a small fishing boat had not returned, and was believed to be fog-bound about one and a half miles S.E. of Bembridge. The Motor Life-boat Langham was launched in a smooth...
Representatives from HMS Eagle Handing Over £650 In Cash to Commander E F Pritchard RN Deputy Appeals Secretary of the RNLI to Provide Two Sets of R/T
Representatives from H.M.S. Eagle handing over £650 in cash to Commander E. F. Pritchard, R.N., Deputy Appeals Secretary of the R.N.L.I., to provide two sets of R/T equipment for ILBs. The money was the result of fund-raising efforts by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Robert Barr Obe,
Robert Barr OBE, whose charitable trust funded the St Abbs Atlantic 21 lifeboat Dorothy and Katherine Barr..
Category: Obituaries
Teesmouth's Tyne Class Phil Mead
Teesmouth'sTyne class Phil Mead (seen here in the 1990s) has been withdrawn after 21 years' s. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs