LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Eight Fishing Cobles Including The Ethel and The Adventure
JANUARY 8TH. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 12.10 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that eight fishing cobles were out. A strong southerly wind was blowing. The sea was very rough and rising. At 12.24 the motor life...
A Raft (1)
OCTOBER 25TH. - FENIT, CO. KERRY.
At 5 P.M. the Kerryhead look-out reported that a raft was floating in Tralee Bay, about two miles south of the head, and the motor life-boat City of Bradford I, on temporary duty at the...
Awards to Honorary Workers
To Mr. THOMAS BRADLEY, in recognition of his 37 years' distinguished service as Honorary Secretary of the St. Annes-on-Sea Branch, a Silver Inkstand and the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum.
To Mr. ROBERT...
Category: Awards
A Steam Drifter
AUGUST 26TH. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
A steam drifter had been reported ashore and showing signals of distress, but it was found that a mistake had been made in the signal and that she was not in any difficulty. - Rewards,...
A Steamer (1)
JANUARY 19TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. An unknown steamer had been bombed by enemy aeroplanes and set on fire, but her crew were rescued by a naval vessel. - Rewards, £26 18s..
Rear Admiral Desmond Hoare Has Been Accorded the Institution's Sincere Thanks On
Rear Admiral Desmond Hoare has been accorded the Institution's sincere thanks on vellum for the experimental design work he did for rigid inflatable lifeboats while Provost of the United College of the Atlantic, as well as for his work... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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A rescue party waits to take an injured man from aboard the Teignmouth lifeboat to hospital. The man had fallen down cliffs on 18 March at Ansley's Cove in Torquay and suffered a broken ankle. He was carried a further 30ft to the base of...
Royal Charter
Humber, Yorkshire. At 8.51 on the evening of the 12th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that the fishing vessel Royal Charter was aground north- north-east of no. 53 buoy. There was a gentle southerly breeze...
Tear-Away
YACHT TOWED FROM DANGEROUS POSITION Selsey, Sussex. At 9.40 p.m. on Saturday the 13th of July, 1963, the Selsey coastguard told the honorary secretary he was not happy about a small yacht in the vicinity of Middle Ground buoy. Later the...
The Life-Boat Exhibit In the Court of Heroes, Government Building, at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 1925
The Life-Boat Exhibit In The Court of Heroes Government Building at The British Empire Exhibition Wembley 1925. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs