LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sebastian, of London
FEBRUARY 15TH. - STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES.
About 8.10 in the morning the Stornoway coastguard telephoned that a vessel was in distress in the neighbourhood of Glas Island, Scalpay, some forty miles away. She was the Sebastian,...
Notes of the Quarter
That the life-boat service is busier every year is now becoming a clearly established fact, and it received further confirmation in the first six months of the present year. In 1965 an all-time record for launches was established, yet there...
Category: Articles
(Above) There Were 129 Participants from All Over Sussex In a Five-Mile Sponsored Swim In the River Adur at Shoreham Last March It Was Organised By the Brighton Branc
(Above) There were 129 participants, from all over Sussex, in a five-mile sponsored swim in the River Adur at Shoreham last March. It was organised by the Brighton branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club, and the £2,048.30 raised in a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Crew of the John Howard III Whose Boat Was Rescued By Shoreham Harbour Life-Boat In November
The Crew of the John Howard Iii Whose Boat Was Rescued By Shoreham Harbour Life-Boat In November. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brighton's Atlantic 21 Lifeboat on Exercise In Heavy Seas the Photograph Was Taken By Alan Young Helmsman of the Lifeboat for the Service Described Below
Brighton's Atlantic 21 lifeboat on exercise in heavy seas. The photograph was taken by Alan Young, helmsman of the lifeboat for the service described below.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fundraisers
Stilgoeing strong On 5 March Riegate and Redhill branch and guild held an Anniversary Dinner at Reigate Manor Hotel.
Nearly 120 people attended the event and guest of honour was entertainer and High Sheriff of Surrey,...
Category: Articles
H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, K.G. Review of the Year's Work at the Annual Meeting
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 137 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 29 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to May 31st, 1938 65,677 H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, K.G.
Review of the...
Category: Meetings
The French Ketch Notre Dame De France
At 11.19 A.M., on the 10th February, the Coastguard reported that a vessel was showing signals of distress off Oxwich Point, and that a steamer was endeavour- ing to assist her, but that there was too much sea. The Coxswain having pro- cured...
The Annual Meeting of the French Life-Boat Service
AT the invitation of La Societe Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufrages, the Hon.
George Colville, Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Management, attended the Society's Annual Meeting, which was held in Paris on Sunday...
Category: Meetings
Maid of the Harbour
Casualties as pleasure boat collides with landing craft Poole's 33ft Brede and Boston Whaler lifeboats were called to a major emergency inside Poole Harbour on 26 June 1988.
Maid of the Harbour, a large pleasure craft...