LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sailing Yacht, Skua, of Yarmouth and Duet, of Cowes
AUGUST 18TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 5.48 in the evening a telephone message was received from Colwell that a yacht was flying distress signals half a mile north-east of North East Shingles Buoy. A strong west-south-west breeze was...
Centenary of the Institution, 1924
Appeal to Honorary Secretaries.
THE Secretary of the Institution pro- poses, if possible, to compile its history for publication in 1924, and he will be most grateful to all Honorary Secre- taries, especially of Station...
Category: Articles
H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, K.G. Review of the Year's Work at the Annual Meeting
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 137 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 29 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to May 31st, 1938 65,677 H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, K.G.
Review of the...
Category: Meetings
Shoreline
RNLB SHORELINE, the 37ft 6in Rother class lifeboat funded by our Shoreline members which was stationed at Blyth from 1979 until last year, has now been transferred to Arbroath, on the east coast of Scotland; she was placed on service at...
Category: Articles
Mahe
Sennen Cove, Cornwall - At 6.59 p.m.
on 16th April, 1969, it was learnt that a two-masted schooner yacht had broken down about one mile south of Tol Pedn. The life-boat was requested to stand by. The yacht then resumed her...
A PADDLE TOO FAR
How many people does it take to save a life? As a mother and son found out last summer, it can take a village
It was almost 5am on Tuesday 14 August when the crew at Skerries Lifeboat Station were woken by their pagers. A...
Category: Articles
Harry Mitchell
Listing coaster HUMBER COASTGUARD informed Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan of Humber lifeboat station at 2256 on Sunday December 13, 1981, that the coaster Harry Mitchell was north of Humber Lightvessel with her cargo shifted and a list...
Fishing Boats (1)
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 4.40 on the morning of the 10th of November, 1960, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that there were four local fishing boats at sea. The weather had deteriorated rapidly and the sky was overcast, with rain....
Opening of the Kirkcudbright New Life-Boat House
ON the 30th November last a double event of a most interesting nature took place at the Lake, near Kirkcudbright, when the new Life-boat house, recently built by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT ' INSTITUTION, was opened and formally handed...
Category: Inaugurations
Quick on the Draws
Mr Charles Hunter-Pease, sales and marketing director of Volvo Concessionaires helps the Mayor of Torbay, Councillor Mrs Eileen Salloway draw the winning ticket for the South West Region at the Regional Conference on 10 October... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs