LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Chalk and Cheese...
Travel the length and breadth of the Irish coastline and you will be greeted in almost every harbour of any size by the familiar blue-andorange livery of RNLI lifeboats.
At first this may come as no surprise, but between...
Category: Articles
The Barges Ailsa, Britisher, Cetus, Decima, Royalty, Raybell and Una
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—On the 23rd November, 1938, the motor life-boat helped to save the barges Ailsa and Britisher, with their crews numbering four; rescued the crews, four men in all, of the barges Cetus...
Service to a Greek Steamer at Cromer
AT 6.25 in the morning of the 9th October, 1939, the Cronier coxswain learned through the Humber radio and the coastguard that a vessel had gone ashore on Haisborough Sands, thirteen miles to the east. A breeze was blowing with increasing...
Category: Services
World Concord
On the 27th of November, 1954, the Liberian tanker World Concord broke in two in the Irish sea. The St.
David's, Pembrokeshire, life-boat rescued thirty-five men from her fore- part, and the Rosslare Harbour,...
Big Swim
The Basingstoke branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club held a sponsored swim in aid of the lifeboats and raised £1,169 - the largest single donation received by the RNLI Basingstoke branch.
Trophies were presented to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Anderson Aboard Keith Anderson With (I) the Duke of Atholl and (R) Viscount Hampden Photograph By Courtesy of Jeff Morris
Mrs Anderson aboard Keith Anderson with (I) the Duke ofAtholI and (r) Viscount Hampden. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Peter Chennell (Left) Controls Operations from Poole While Terry Burden (Right) Makes Sure That All Runs Smoothly In Thirsk
Peter Chennell (left) controls operations from Poole while Terry Burden (right) makes sure that all runs smoothly in Thirsk. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Small Boat Belonging to The P&O Steam Cruiser Ophir
At 5.30 P.M. on the 27th December, when a rough sea was running off Southend, it was reported that a small boat was adrift and making signals of distress by means of a lantern. The crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 9 were at once...
The Yarmouth, I.o.W., Life-Boat Alongside the Steam Yacht Medea on 2nd October, 1966
The Yarmouth LOW Life-Boat Alongside The Steam Yacht Medea On 2Nd October 1966. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lydia Williams of Liverpool
The Princess of WSife* life-boat at Holyhead saved 34 persons fewft the ship Lydia Williams, of Liverpool, whjoh. tank on Salt Island; 12 persons from the bamj/jr Bayadere, of Rouen: and 7 persons from, WJ.
schooner...