LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ameilia Ann
Shortly before 10 P.M. on the 29th June, the Coast- guard at Caister informed the Coxswain that a vessel was aground on the Barber Sands. The crew were assembled and launched the No. 2 Life-boat Nancy Lucy. On reaching the sands she found...
Boy Arthur and Ocean Vanguard
Amble, Northumberland.—The motor life-boat Frederick and Emma was launched at half past eleven in the morning of the 2nd of February, 1948, as two fishing cobles were overdue and a moderate west-south-west gale was blowing...
Lifeboat Services November and December 1986 January and February 1987
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: January 12 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class inflatable Deccmhcr 30 (twice) Aith. Shetland 52ft Arun: January 20 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft 6in Rather: November 29 and 30 Alderney, Channel Islands 44ft Waveney:...
Category: Services
Naming Ceremonies: Eastbourne and Islay
Naming Ceremonies EASTBOURNE, JULY 3 and ISLAY, JULY 28 Eastbourne IT SEEMED AS IF the whole population of Eastbourne, together with its holiday makers, had assembled round the lifeboat museum on the afternoon of Tuesday July 3. The occasion...
Category: Inaugurations
A Sand-hopper
Barmouth, Merionethshire.—On the morning of the 26th November, 1938, the coastguard reported a vessel ashore off the Dysinni River. A W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The pulling and sailing life-boat Jones-Gibb was launched at...
Sea Victor and Prairie Schooner
Exhausted yachtsmen BRONZE MEDAL THE YACHT Sea Victor, built in Germany during the 1930s, had sailed from Exmouth on the morning of Friday May 2, 1986, on passage to Guernsey. By the evening of the following day after a rough crossing the...
An Admiralty Drifter and Rosa (1)
DEC. 13TH. - BLYTH, AND TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. An Admiralty drifter had been blown up by enemy action, but Blyth life-boat could find no survivors.
She was then directed to a position where...
News from the Branches
1st October to 31st December.
Greater London.
BARNES (SURREY).—Concert.
BERMONDSEY.—Concert.
CLAPHAM.—Address to the Rotary Club by the Organizing...
Category: Branches
A Punt and a Canoe
THREE LIFE-BOAT CALLS IN FOUR HOURS Moelfre, Anglesey. At 1.20 on the afternoon of Friday, August 23rd, 1963, the Moelfre coastguard reported that an 8-foot punt with two on board was in serious difficulties four and a half miles south-south...
Wandering Minstrels Ruth Cawsey and Carolyn Doorbar Clarinetist and Flautist
Wandering minstrels Ruth Cawsey and Carolyn Doorbar, clarinetist and flautist respectively, spent their days before Christmas raising £600 for the RNLI. They moved from pub to pub playing Christinas music to delighted customers. Both... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs