LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

ILFRACOMBE.—On the 27th May, 1894, the coastguard reported to the coxswain of the Life-boat that a dismasted vessel was lying off Heale Bay, nearly half a mile from the point. A moderate breeze was blowing from N.N.W., the weather was...

The Danish steamer Canada from which the Humber life-boat rescued 14 lives on 3rd November, 1939.. - View image in PDF

FIGURES for the first nine months of the year show remarkable increases in the numbers of services carried out by life-saving vessels. All three categories of life-saving vessel with which the Institution is concerned, its lifeboats, its own...

Cromer, Norfolk.—At 8.32 in the morning of the 25th of August, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Monte Nuria, of Bilbao, bound from Immingham to Buenos Aires with a cargo of coal, was aground at Sheringham. She had struck a sub-...

Saturday September 29, 1984 ON A BRIGHT, early autumn day, one of the RNLI's newest lifeboats lay afloat, bedecked and sparkling, awaiting her naming ceremony. An ordinary enough scene for those familiar with such occasions but this...

Henry 'Joyful' West, BEM, retired as coxswain of Sheringham lifeboat at the end of 1984 after a long and distinguished career. He is a man who would rather talk about the achievements of others than his own, but the 'Joyful'...

Every RNLI supporter helps save lives at sea, but there are some who deserve special recognition. At our Annual Presentation of Awards dozens of dedicated supporters were honoured. Prestigious supporter awards were presented in the following...

Friday, 27th August, 1937.

PAID £13,874 lls. 7d. for the total charges of the Institution during the month, in- cluding rewards for services, payments for the construction of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways,...