LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
8 mm films
Many small groups of people interested to hear about the work of the RNLI are only able to provide a projector for an 8 mm film. Unfortunately, as the demand is relatively small, the Institution cannot use its budget for the making of this...
Category: Articles
A Small Boat (4)
JUNE 2ND. - RAMSGATE, KENT. Early in the morning the owner of the Guildford Hotel, Sandwich, reported to the police that his son and another boy had put out in a small boat the previous night. They had not returned, and the boat could be...
Call the doctor!
The RNLI's responsibilities demand medical expertise not only in emergency care – lifeboat crew and lifeguards are often first on scene – but also for the health of our staff and volunteers...
Category: Articles
A Trawler (9)
She searched as far as Widemouth Bay, but OCT. 24TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
A trawler had been reported ashore on the north-east end of Stroma, but the life-boat could find nothing. Later it was learned that she was ashore in...
Gem of the Ocean (1)
UPGANG AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.— During the afternoon of the 15th Feb- ruary the northerly wind freshened, bringing up a heavy sea, and at about 3.30 P.M. a telephone message from Runswick reported that a small vessel was driving southward in...
Members of Northampton Ladies' Guild Man the Refreshment Stall at a Market Organised By the Branch at the End of Last Year Held In the Town's Guildhall the Event Rai
Members of Northampton ladies' guild man the refreshment stall at a market organised by the branch at the end of last year. Held in the town's Guildhall the event raised £535.
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Category: Photographs
Earl of Beaconsfield
HORNSEA.—On the morning of Tuesday, the 8th November, during a moderate E. gale and a heavy sea, rockets were fired in quick succession by the fourmasted ship Earl of Beaconsfield, of London, bound from Calcutta for Hull with a cargo of...
Green Olive
On the 24th February, it having been reported that a vessel was ashore, the Life-boat put off at 8.30 A.M., and proceeded under sails and oars to the Long Sand, on the N.E. part of which the brig Green Olive, of Littlehampton, coalladen from...
The S.S. Langdon (3)
NORTH DEAL, KINGSDOWNE, BROADSTAIRS and RAMSGATE.—On the 8th April the s.s. Langdon, of London, bound fromBlyth for Dartmouth, with a cargo of coal, stranded on the North Goodwin Sands, in a dangerous position, during a dense fog, at about 4...
The S.S. Copeland
About 7.30 A.M. on the 14th March, during a fog and misty rain, the s.s. Copeland, of Glasgow, bound from London to Southampton, stranded at Eastborough Head. In answer to signals of distress from the Owers Light-vessel and the steamer, the...