LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Centenary Publications and Souvenirs
" Britain's Life-boats -. The Story of a Century of Heroic Service." By Major A. J. DAWSON, with an Introduction by H.K.H. the PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., President of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, and a Fore- word by...
Category: Advertisement
Caledoina, of Preston
The Life-boat WakefiM ren- ! dered good service to the schooner Cale- l donia, of Preston, on the 27th April by ; remaining by that vessel till out of danger, i the Caledonia having gone ashore on the Horse Bank, and striking heavily till...
Guiding Star
HAUXLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND. — The Life-boat Algernon and Eleanor was launched at 1 P.M., on the 15th April, and stood by the fishing coble Guiding Star, of Hauxley, which had been overtaken by a very heavy sea. The other boats had landed, the...
Harrow Branch
Readers digest?- Or is it the currant issue of the journal? This appetising and skilfully iced cake was the prize in a raffle organised by the newly formed Harrow branch when they were asked to take part in an open-air fund raising event run... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Queen Adelaide Pub Putney Bridge Road London
Guess how much is in the bottle! For weeks customers at the Queen Adelaide puh. Putney Bridge Road, London, put their spare cash a large whisky bottle. On the evening of the 'smash' they were asked to hazard a guess as to how much it... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services to German Yachts. Thanks of the Institution to Clacton-On-Sea
THERE were exceptionally heavy gales at the end of May and the beginning of June, 1938. Thirty-two life-boats were launched on service during the five days from 29th May to 2nd June, the majority on the south-east and south coasts, and they...
Category: Services
Arcturus
At 10.15 P.M.
on 23rd November, during an easterly gale, a vessel was reported ashore at Waxham. The No. 1 Life-boat 5ith West Norfolk Regiment was transported on her carriage to the vicinity of the distressed vessel and...
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Station secretary saves drowning man Trearddur Bay honorary secretary Jack Abbott was awarded a Royal Humane Society award and Resuscitation Certificate for saving the life of a man he found face down in the sea on 24...
Cromer's famous son
Henry Blogg’s peaceful manner reflected a humble background – he was born in a small cottage near Cromer’s pier, and in many ways was a typical Norfolk fisherman.
After joining the town’s lifeboat crew in 1894, he was...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats (3)
SCARBOROUGH.—On the evening of the 14th June a schooner bound for Searborough was sighted about five miles off.
Two pilot boats went off to her, and whilst they were out the sea, which was very strong, increased...