LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
AYacht and a Dinghy
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 5.15 p.m. on gth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a small yacht was hi difficulties in the Rock Channel.
The life-boat Norman B. Corlett proceeded at 5.20 in a near gale from...
Silver Eagle and Vine
STONEHAVEN, KINCARDINESHIRE.—The sea rose very suddenly, the waves dashing over the piers, on the 21st February, while some of the fishing-boats were at sea. At 11.30 A.M. the Life-boat Alexander Slack was launched, and made for the boats...
Prelude and Marie Christine
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 4.20 p.m. on 2oth February, 1967, two French trawlers, the Prelude and the Marie Christine, were reported to have broken down 10 miles west of Ardnamurchan.
The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin...
Christmas Cards and Calendars
In addition to three different types of Christmas card, the Institution will this year have for sale a twelve-page calendar. On each page there will be a striking colour photograph of a seascape, several of them having direct lifeboat...
Category: Advertisement
Arthur and Reit Billitt
Arthur and Rcil Billitt, well known through the television gardening programme Clack's Farm, have for many vears donated to the RNLI the proceeds from their car-park at Clack's Farm for one Sunday in everv summer month. They also... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Many Medals and Vellums
For their work - the story of the rescue attempts that night took up over four pages of THE LIFE-BOAT for November, 1927 - a total of 38 medals and vellums were given together with medals from the Italian government of the...
Category: Medals
Persevere and Eloise
Margate, Kent. At 1.52 on the after- noon of the 17th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was ashore on Hook Sands. On reaching the life- boathouse the coxswain saw three other boats which also appeared...
Stone, steel and lifeboats
Our All-weather Lifeboat Centre (ALC) in Poole, Dorset, is really taking shape, and the project team are on target to open the doors for lifeboat maintenance in January 2015. The ALC will go on to build six all-weather lifeboats a year,...
Category: Articles
Earnest and Dove
At 9.40 A.M.
on the 21st April it was reported that a shrimp boat was dismasted in the roads and in distress. As it was blowing a moderate gale from S.S.W., with a heavy sea, the No. 1 Life-boat Mark, Lane was launched, and...
Duskie Maid and Restango
About 1.30 P.M.
on the 14th October, the Coxswain, who was near the harbour, saw a fishing boat making for the entrance.
A moderate N.W. gale was blowing with a heavy swell, and the river Girvan, which...