LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
William and Mary, of Yarmouth
On the night of the 12th December, during a gale of wind from S.S.W., the lugger William and Mary, of Yarmouth, was driven upon the Barnard Sand, between Lowestoft and Kessingland.
At daylight, as soon as the perilous...
The Long Sand Lightship
HARWICH.—On the 30th January the Kentish Knock Light-vessel telephoned to Ramsgate that the Long Sand Lightship was flying a distress signa?, and a message was at once despatched by telegraph to Harwich to that effect. On receipt of the...
Our "Life-Boat Saturday" Fund
THE decision of the Committee of Manage- ment of the Institution to establish the headquarters of the " Life-boat Saturday " Fund in London, under the management principally of a representative committee of " Life-boat...
Category: Articles
Nayland and Marvonne
Margate, Kent - On 9th July, 1969, the life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched to the help of the pilot boat Nayland towing the motor fishing vessel Marvonne. A full account of this service, for which special awards were...
Margaret and Matthew
Barry Dock's temporary Arun class lifeboat, Margaret Frances Love (above left), visits Bristol during sea trials to accompany the replica ship, Matthew, on the start of her journey out of the Bristol Channel.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Plymouth Boy Wins Life-Boat Service Essay Competition
ROBERT ANTHONY FOALE of Hyde Park Junior School, Mutley, Plymouth, Devon, has won the first prize in a competition for the best essay on the lifeboat service organized by the Royal National Life-boat Institution. The competition was open to...
Category: Articles