LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tapti
On the 17th of January, 1951, the Mallaig life-boat rescued the crew of 62 of the motor vessel Tapti of London.
The Institution awarded its thanks inscribed on vellum to Coxswain Ian B. Watt, and to him and each member of...
Rescue from a Shelled Steamer. Spanish Ship Attacked Off Cromer
SHORTLY after three in the afternoon of 2nd November, 1938, the coastguard at Cromer reported flashes and gun fire at sea. The firing shook the windows, and people, who crowded to the cliffs, could see the flashes. With binoculars, a large...
Category: Services
An Aeroplane (96)
JUNE 21ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, AND WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A British fighter aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a barge.
In addition to the two life-boats the motor boarding boat from...
People and Places
Since the last Annual Presentation of Awards Meeting, the Committee of Management has awarded 3 Honorary Life Governorships, 10 Bar to Gold Badges and 55 Gold Badges. Each of the following entries states the dates of the first and latest...
Category: Articles
Remembering Rohilla
When Titanic survivor Mary Roberts climbed aboard a hospital steamship in October 1914, she hoped for a relatively straightforward passage to France. But what happened next put over 200 lives in danger – and made history...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Lottery
Your chance to win The star prize for the winter 2004 Lifeboat Lottery is a 12-day St Petersburg and Baltic capitals cruise for two aboard the MVVan Gogh. The prize is kindly sponsored byTravelscope and tickets are available from 18 October...
Category: Articles
Gundine
LIFE-BOATS SMOTHERED IN OIL Stromnest, and Longbope, Orkneys.— At 7.34 in the morning of the 24th of August, 1947, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned to the Stromness life-boat station that the Norwegian tanker Gundine, of Arendal, was...
RNLI News
HM The Queen visits Fraserburgh station Monday 22 June was a proud day for Fraserburgh as HM The Queen toured the town's lifeboat station.
In her capacity as Patron of the RNLI, she received a cheque for £305,613,...
Category: Articles
All on a Winter's Night
I WAS just finishing my tea and con- gratulating myself that we had no calls for a fortnight, although it was winter and a stormy one at that, when the news came. There was a loud, sharp knock at the door. Bess (my wife) looked up from...
Category: Articles
Met Together at Poole for the DOS's Conference: (I to R) Kenneth Thirlwell Manager Northern Appeals Depot; George Price East; Basil Hutchinson West Midlands; Pat W
Met together at Poolefor the DOS's conference: (I. to r.) Kenneth Thirlwell, manager Northern Appeals Depot; George Price, East; Basil Hutchinson, West Midlands; Pat Whittaker, North East; Glyn Williams, Wales; Peter Sturdee, South West;... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs