LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ceremonies
Relief - Trent class Henry Heys Duckworth St Helier lifeboat station played host for the naming ceremony of a relief Trent class lifeboat on the afternoon of 28 April 1996. In weather conditions which made it feel as though it was mid-Summer...
Category: Inaugurations
Fishing Boats
Hastings, Sussex. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 8th of August, 1960, the police informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel had towed an unexploded bomb on to the beach at the fishing stage. After discussion with the...
Lifeboat Services
West Division Broken rudder THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Moelfre lifeboat station was informed by Holyhead Coastguard at 0845 on Sunday September 21, 1980, that the yacht July Morn had reported that she was in difficulties, her rudder broken,...
Category: Services
Notre Dame de Montligeon, of Boulogne
NOVEMBER 10TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. The steam trawler Notre Dame de Montligeon, of Boulogne, had gone aground, but refloated without help. - Paid permanent crew.
Delightful
Longhope, Orkneys. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 10th of November, 1960, a south-easterly gale was blowing and the sea was very rough at the mouth of Aith Hope. The bowman of the life- boat and a member of the crew, who jointly owned the...
Ferry Across the Water:
Ferry across the water: Nottingham Sea Cadets ferried 100 walkers across the River Trent when they were taking part in a 15 mile sponsored walk organised by the East Bridgford ladies' guild. The event raised £4,250, bringing the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The North Boatshed and Dock: Built In 1915
The North Boatshed and Dock: Built In 1915. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hauling the Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat Along the Shore Preparatory to Launching
Hauling The Pulling and Sailing Life-Boat Along The Shore Preparatory To Launching. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Past and Present
25 Years Ago The following article appeared in the December, 1962, issue of THE LIFEBOAT: First Rescue Ever From a Hovercraft ON the 17th September, 1962, a service of a unique kind was carried out when for the first time a rescue was...
Category: Articles
Are Life-Boat Days a Nuisance?
THE thousands who collect for the Institution on life-boat days and who are sometimes told by those to whom they appeal that " these flag days are a perfect nuisance " may find a useful reply in the following letter, which appeared...
Category: Articles