LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Then And Now
tHen AnD nOw Capital gains In 1927, London ‘life-boat’ day was a huge operation, supported by the Lord Mayor of London and many of the borough mayors. Four thousand collectors, mainly women, worked from 150 temporary...
Category: Articles
Tynemouth: the Duchess of Northumberland Names the 52Ft Arun George and Olive Turner Photograph By Courtesy Of
Tynemouth: The Duchess of Northumberland names the 52ft Arun George and Olive Turner. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of 'Newcastle Journal'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 9th February, 1933.
Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.
Co-opted Colonel the Hon. Harold Robson, a member of the committee of management.
Reported the receipt of the...
Category: Committee
Services by Life-boats
Services by the Life-boats of the Institution, by Shore-boats and by Auxiliary Rescueboats during 1943 During the year life-boats were launched 411 times. Of these launches 249 were to vessels and aeroplanes in distress through attack by the...
Category: Services
Tulip Lifeboat: at Spalding Flower Parade By Theo Stibbons Chairman Spalding and District Branch
SINCE THE FORMATION of Spalding and District branch five years ago we have always spent the second weekend in May working very hard raising money for the RNLI at various stalls dotted around the route of the spectacular Spalding Flower...
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The Greek Cargo Vessel Stelianos
GREEK VESSEL AGROUND At n.20 p.m. on 6th September, 1964, a message was received over the radiotelephone from Humber radio station that a small vessel, aground half a mile from Spurn Point, was asking for assistance.
The...
Matthew Lethbridge Jnr Bem: Coxswain of St.Mary's Lifeboat By Joan Davies
THE ONLY LIFEBOATMAN AT PRESENT SERVING TO HAVE BEEN AWARDED THREE SILVER MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY by Joan Davies 'Grandfather . . . he was coxswain before Dad; and my Uncle Jim and Dad were both in the lifeboat with...
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A Night Rescue By Torbay
AT 9.20 on the night of the 30th of January, 1952, the Brixham coast- guard saw flashing signals outside Torbay about four miles north-east of Berry Head. They were unread- able, but they seemed to come from a vessel which was making no...
Category: Services
The Codling Bank Lightvessel
Wicklow.—At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 1st of August, 1953, the Com- missioners of Irish Lights asked if the life-boat would take a doctor to the Codling Bank Lightvessel. The life- boat Lady Kylsant was launched at 2.31 with a doctor on...
Notes of the Quarter
ON 21st January, 1970, Fraserburgh life-boat capsized with the loss of five members of her crew. There was only one survivor, Mr. Jackson Buchan. On 25th March Mr. Goronwy Roberts, Minister of State, Board of Trade, stated in the House of...
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