LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fine Cromer Service
" 'Tis not in mortals to command success," though none deserve it better than a Life-boat crew, battling with the elements for the lives of their fellow- men. It is our pride that in most cases the victory is with the Life-boat...
Category: Articles
Stella Marie
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT FLEETWOOD AUGUST 5TH. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE. On the 4th of August, 1941, a half gale was blowing from the north-north-west, with squalls and a rough sea. A three-masted motor schooner of 300 tons, the Stella Marie,...
The Fund Raising Committee of the Institution In Session September 9 1975: (I to R Standing) R M Addison R N Crumble P Howarth Dr F Severne Mackenna P V
The Fund Raising Committee of the Institution in session, September 9, 1975: (I. to r. standing) R. M.
Addison, R. N. Crumble, P. Howarth, Dr. F. Severne MacKenna, P. V. MacKinnon, J. R. Needham, R. L. Wessel, Commander E.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Another Safety First for the Rnli:
Another safety first for the RNLI: The 52ft Arun which will soon be going on station at Fishguard is the first lifeboat to be fitted with a radar scanner which has been made watertight. During her righting trials at Cowes on May 5, the Arun... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
September
Launches 59. Lives rescued 46.
SEPTEMBER 3RD.- WEYMOUTH, DORSET. At 7.50 P.M. information was received from the naval authorities at Portland, through the coastguard, that three trawlers or drifters were ashore between St....
Category: Services
Provider
Workington, Cumberland - At 9.15 a.m. on 27th September, 1958, the coastguard sent an anticipatory message to the coxswain tha the fishing boat Provider, with two men on board, which had left Harrington on the previous afternoon, was overdue...
Conference on Safety at Sea
THE fourth International Conference on the Safety of Life at Sea was held at Church House, Westminster, from the 17th of May to the 17th of June, 1960. The three earlier conferences had been held in 1913, 1929 and...
Category: Meetings
Stuart Roberts Helmsman of Porthcawl Inshore Lifeboat,
Stuart Roberts helmsman of Porthcawl inshore lifeboat, first joined the crew in July 1980.
Stuart, who is a local Police officer, was awarded the Institution's Silver Medal for o u t s t a n d i n g bravery when the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ulundi
About 10 P.M. on the 26th January signals of distress were observed on the North Sands. The Life-boat's crew was summoned arid the James Stevens No. 16 j proceeded to the spot. There they found the steam trawler Ulundi, of Grimsby,...
Letters
RNLI stamps • I am associated with the Appledore branch of the RNLI, for which Mr Barrie Smale, of Blacon, Chester, is a keen charity stamp collector. I first learned of the Institution when I read a letter written by Mr Smale about the...
Category: Correspondence