LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Westover
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 10.10 on the night of the 22nd of August, 1948, the shore attendant at East Pier reported flares from a vessel near No. 3 Brake Buoy, and the coastguard reported a vessel aground north of South Goodwin Lightvessel, which...
A Canvas Canoe
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of March, 1957, the life-boat coxswain received a message from the New Brighton stage- man saying that the hopper Gamma had reported that she had seen two bovs drifting in a small...
Excel, of Dover
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 13th December the motor vessel Excel, of Dover, left Ramsgate for London. On board were the owner, his two daughters and son. The Excel ran into bad weather, her engine broke down, and she was driven...
Ninety-Three Lives Rescued from a White Star Vessel
About 1.30 in the morning of 31st August, in very thick weather, with a moderate sea, the White Star cargo vessel, the Bardic, of 7,000 tons, ran on the Maenheck Rock, about half a mile south-west of the Life-boat Station at The Lizard. The...
Category: Services
Eddie Dorman
Eddie Dor man member of the Padstow branch committee for 20 years. Eddie was box officer from 1982 to 1996 and he and his wife were awarded the silver statuette in 1992..
Category: Obituaries
Being A Mum To Her 5-year-old Daughter (pictured above)
Retiring from athletics has also made it easier for this highly successful woman to do the job she loves best: being a mum to her 5-year-old daughter (pictured above).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Feature: Volunteer Lifeguards
RNLI Beach Lifeguards currently operates only in the South West of England, but the RNLI is working hard to ensure the development of lifeguarding all around the coastThe RNLI is committed to maintaining its volunteer ethos. This does not...
Category: Articles
Elizabeth
WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—On the morning of the 21st March the ketch Elizabeth, of Goole, was observed about half-a-mile from the shore running straight for the beach in a strong N.E. breeze and a heavy sea. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Edward...
Casamance (2)
FEBRUARY 17TH. - HARTLEPOOL, AND SEAHAM, DURHAM, AND REDCAR, AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE. Shortly after midnight a message came to the Hartlepool honorary secretary’s house from the coastguard that the life-boat was wanted. The honorary secretary...
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Falmouth, Cornwall.—31st December.
What were thought to be signals of distress were seen in the bay, but they were a steamer's lights, occasionally obscured as she rolled in a rough sea.— Rewards, £10 6s....