LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Wreck of a Finnish Motor Ship. Thirty Lives Lost In the Orkneys
IN the early morning of 12th January, 1937, a Finnish motor ship, the Johanna Thorden, passed through the Pentland Firth, between the north of Scotland and the Orkneys, on her way from New York to Gothenburg. She had thirty- eight on board,...
Category: Services
Buttons After All!
IN the report of Life-boat Day in Greater London, in the last issue of The Lifeboat, it was stated that for the first time no buttons had been found in the collecting boxes. But buttons were, after all, given for the help of the Service—but...
Category: Articles
Centenary of Sennen Cove Life-Boat Station
THE centenary of the life-boat station at Sennen Cove, which was estab- lished in 1853, was celebrated by a dinner held at the Land's End Hotel on the 21st of April 1953. A certifi- cate inscribed on vellum was presented by Earl Howe,...
Category: Articles
Provider, Success and Pilot Me
Whitby, Yorkshire.—The" local motor fishing boats Provider, Success and Pilot Me put out at 4 A.M. on the 24th February, in a nasty sea. At $ A.M. a thick fog settled, and, as the sea was making, the motor life-boat Margaret Harker...
Nimble-Iki
TRIMARAN OVERDUE Broughty Ferry, Angus. At 3 p.m.
on 10th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a trimaran named Nimble-Iki was overdue.
There was a thick fog with a smooth sea...
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First season success Glorious sunshine brought many to Croyde and Woolacombe beaches, North Devon, on 11 June 2006, but high surf and strong rip currents combined to make a busy day for RNLI lifeguards. They used their rescue watercraft to...
A Punt and a Canoe
THREE LIFE-BOAT CALLS IN FOUR HOURS Moelfre, Anglesey. At 1.20 on the afternoon of Friday, August 23rd, 1963, the Moelfre coastguard reported that an 8-foot punt with two on board was in serious difficulties four and a half miles south-south...
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North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 24th of January, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a fishing boat not recognised as a local boat was making for the harbour, and...
Fleetwood’s New Facility Was Designed By Local Architect Eric Forster And Is Sympathetic To Historic Buildings Around It
Fleetwood’s new facility was designed by local architect Eric Forster and is sympathetic to historic buildings around it. - View image in PDF
It includes a training room, communication centre, crew room and RNLI shop. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Jane Hay Crossing the Bar on Return to Hastings Harbour, With the Three Survivors from Simon Peter on Board.
Jane Hay crossing the bar on return to Hastings harbour, with the three survivors from Simon Peter on board.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs