LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
January (1)
JANUARY MEETING NAIRN, MORAYSHIRE. About 11.15 on the night of the 13th of November, 1945, an R.A.F. Warwick aeroplane was seen by the Lossiemouth coastguard to crash in the sea in flames, six to eight miles in a north-easterly direction...
Category: Services
Fishing Vessels
CULLERCOATS.—On the 8th May the Palmerston Life-boat was launched to theaid of several fishing vessels which hadbeen overtaken by a heavy sea, rendering it dangerous for them to cross the bar in returning to port. The boat remainec some time...
Three Fishing Boats
26th January. Three fishing boats were out and a very heavy sea was breaking across the harbour mouth, which would have made it dangerous for them to enter, but they ran for Stone- haven.—Rewards, £17 15s..
Two R.A.F. Motor Boats
Berwick - on - Tweed, Northumberland.— 21st February. Two R.A.F. motor boats had been reported making for Berwick. It was thought they would have difficulty in crossing the bar, but they ran for shelter elsewhere.—Rewards, £7 6s....
A Ship
Exmouth, Devon. — llth August, 1939. A ship had been reported by the coastguard as apparently on fire, but nothing could be found, and it was presumed that the ship had gone on her way.—Rewards, £17 17*. 6d..
Pegasus
Walton and Frinton, Essex. — 28th October, 1939. The Dutch motor vessel Pegasus was reported to be sinking in a gale with a heavy sea, but later it was learned that her crew had been taken off by a steamer.—Rewards, £12 4s..
(Right) a Stained Glass Window Has Been Donated to Cullercoats Methodist Church By Mrs E J Scot! In Memory of Her Brother John Heddon Scott Lout In the Cullerc
(Right) A stained glass window has been donated to Cullercoats Methodist Church by Mrs E. J. Scot! in memory of her brother, John Heddon Scott, lout in the Cullercoats J93St lifeboat disaster. It was designed and painted by Geoff R. Ramm and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Diorama Depicting the Launch of Arbroath Lifeboat Robert Lindsay In the Tremendous Storms of October 26 1953 Made By the Army Apprentices College Model Clu
A diorama, depicting the launch of Arbroath lifeboat Robert Lindsay in the tremendous storms of October 26, 1953, made by the Army Apprentices College Model Club, Arborfield, Reading, was entered by Berkshire branch in the national... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Richard Hattrell
Richard Hattrell of the Osborne Hotel, Swansea, is an expert in devising new cocktail concoctions. This one, a mixture of brandy, blue curacao, lemon juice and egg white, called Life Saver, earns a donation for the RNLl every time it is... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
Mudeford's 17ft 6in twin-engined C class lifeboat leaps off a wave while on exercise. The photograph demonstrates why it is so important to befit to man this type of lifeboat. The age limit for crews of RNLI inflatables is 45. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs