LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Walmer's Distinctive Boathouse
Walmer's distinctive boathouse had to be lengthened to accommodate the station's Atlantic - the front of the building was rebuilt 6m to seaward!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Above Right: Kilrush,
Above right: Kilrush, over the Shannon by ferry or 80 miles round by road from the south, has the biggest carpark land playground1). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Raymond Pope,
Raymond Pope, Bexleyheath branch president from 1980 until his death. Raymond was also on the RNLI staff for 20 years, the last 10 as the City of London regional organiser..
Category: Obituaries
It's a Dog's Life...
Hjalti is the newest crew member to benefit from the crew training appeal, undertaking first aid training with one of the mobile training unit trainers, Steve Ford. Hjalti's showing great interest!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (4)
JANUARY 4TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX A Spitfire aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but the life-boat was recalled as the airman had been drowned. - Rewards, £14..
Edina, of Leith
FEBRUARY 1ST. - LERWICK, SHETLANDS.
At 3.7 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel ashore on Holm of Cruester, Lerwick Harbour, and signalling by siren. She was asking for a pilot and the lifeboat.
A Canoe (3)
JUNE 2ND. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. A canoe had capsized west of Shoreham, but one of the two men aboard reached the shore, and the other could not be found. - Rewards, £6 9s. 6d..
Windgap, of London
AUGUST 7TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 10.50 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that North Foreland Radio had picked up a message from the American steamer City of Alma that a motor yacht to the north of Dumpton Buoy was in need of immediate...
A Small Sailing Boat (1)
AUGUST 16TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 12.12 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that two persons were clinging to a small sailing boat which had capsized. A moderate easterly breeze was blowing, the sea was smooth, but it was raining hard...
An Aeroplane (101)
AUGUST 23RD. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. The Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, reported a British aeroplane down on the sea, but nothing was found either by the life-boat or naval vessels. - Rewards, £12 7s..