LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fanny
The ketch Fanny, of Bideford, stranded on the Leys Reef, off Green Lane Cove, on the even- ing of the 23rd July, during a thick fog. Information reached the Life-boat authorities between 9 and 10 o'clock, and the Life-boat Admiral Sir...
Cleopas
KESSINGLAND, SUFFOLK.—On the 13th January, at 4.15 A.M., the barque Uleopas, of South Shields, bound from Liverpool to South Shields with a cargo of salt, was observed on the Barnard Sand during a S.W. wind and rough sea. In reply to her...
January (1)
JANUARY MEETING SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT RHOSNEIGIR RHOSNEIGIR, ANGLESEY. About 11.30 in the morning of the 28th of August, 1941, a British bombing aeroplane crashed in the sea off Rhosneigir.
A gale was blowing from the...
Category: Services
Annual General Meeting
and presentation of awards FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, MAY 21A BRIGHT, sunny morning; friends from all parts of Britain and Ireland gathering on the South Bank of the Thames ready for the annual general meeting and presentation of awards in this...
Category: Meetings
Life-Boat Saturday Fund
LIST OF OFFICERS.
PRESIDENT.
H.R.H. The PRINCE of WALKS, K.O.
PRESIDENT OF THE LADIES' AUXILIARIES—H.E.H. The PRINCESS or WALES: CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The Eight...
Category: Articles
News
Readers will have heard about the recent tragedy at Lancashire's Morecambe Bay when 20 cockle pickers died after becoming trapped by rising tides Morecambe's inshore lifeboat and hovercraft, together with Fleetwood's all weather...
Category: Articles
News and Views
HM The Queen Mother's 100th birthday paradethought it was a wonderful day I was delighted to be involved ' Peter Woolhouse, Volunteer Fundraiser Lifeboatmen and women from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland helped to make...
Category: Articles
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
Hollyhow and Harp
GROOMSPORT, Co. DOWN.—On the 16th June, while a strong gale was blowing from N.N.W., accompanied by a very heavy sea, a message. by telephone was received from Bangor stating that assistance was needed by distressed vessels. The Lifeboat...
Littlestone-On-Sea
Littlestone-on-Sea lifeboat station, Romney Marsh in Kent, has for many years sold souvenirs from a table in the boathouse; now it has a new souvenir shop. It was designed by Ken Boardman (I), the station honorary secretary, and Crew Member... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs