LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Portrait of a Coxswain
Coxswain Kenneth J. Holland, of the Skegness, Lincolnshire, life-boat Charles Fred Gran- tham. A member of the local life-boat crew since 1947, he was first appointed coxswain in 1965 and then full-time coxswain/mechanic in 1968. Since he...
Category: Articles
Three Fishing Cobles and a Pilot Coble
WHITBY.—At noon on the 20th April, daring calm weather and a heavy sea, three fishing cobles and » Hartlepool pilot coble, the latter with only one man on board, were observed making for Whitby Harbour. It was considered unsafe for them...
Lifeboat Classified
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Category: Advertisement
A Yacht and Two Barges
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 2nd June, 1938, the motor life-boat, as reported on page 551 of The Life-boat for October, rescued seven people from a yacht and two barges, and the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum was awarded to...
The Fundraisers
Steeley determination! A donation of £25,000 was recently presented to John Clugston, chairman of the South Bank Committee Humber lifeboat appeal by Stuart Pettifor, managing director of British Steel (Sections, Plates and Commercial...
Category: Articles
Shoreline and Storm Force
Membership survey LAST YEAR questionnaires were sent to 2,000 Shoreline members in a survey which aimed to find out more about membership to help future recruiting.
Over 1,000 completed forms were returned and analysed by...
Category: Articles
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
THE beautiful obverse of this medal, executed by L. C. WYON, Esq., represents the bust of QUEEN VICTORIA, Her Majesty's locks gracefully waving and gathered in a knot behind...
Category: Medals
In a New Year's Day's Tug-Of-War Beaumaris Lifeboat Crew (Left) Beat the Royal Anglesey Yacht Club for the Second Year Running As the Two Teams Got Their Breath Ba
In a New Year's Day's tug-of-war, Beaumaris lifeboat crew (left) beat the Royal Anglesey Yacht Club for the second year running. As the two teams got their breath back John Berry presented a cheque for £1,200 to Mrs Nancy Lomax,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Small Boat, a Racing Dinghy and a Yacht
Falmouth, Cornwall. — About six o'clock on the evening of the 25th of August, 1957, the St. Anthony coast- guard reported that a small boat appeared to be in difficulty off St.
Mawes harbour. The life-boat Crawford and...
Dee Dee
NIGHT SEARCH FOR DRIFTING CABIN CRUISER Selsey, Sussex. At 7.55 on the evening of the 26th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the Owers lightvessel that a cabin cruiser was...