LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Faith, Irene and Noel II
On 20th October several of the local fishing boats put out at three in the morning. A moderate N.E. gale came up, with a rough sea, and by 5.30 A.M. the weather was so bad that it was decided to launch the Motor Life-boat Margaret Harker...
A Village Bazaar
£83 from a Population of 558.A LIFE-BOAT worker who lives in the village of Shuttleworth, near Ramsbottom, in Lancashire, held a Life-boat Bazaar on 8th May. Her party consisted of herself, her two daughters and five working girls. The...
Category: Donations
Noble
FRASERBURGH.—On the 6th June the coxswain of the Life-boat observed a vessel—the schooner Noble, of Banff, laden with coal from Sunderland—driving towards the rocks. A heavy sea was running at the time, and it was deemed advisable to have...
St. George
WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE.—Signals having been hoisted at the Gunfleet light-vessel denoting that immediate assistance was required, on the 27th June, the Life-boat Honourable Artillery Company was launched at 6.13 P.M. in a moderate sea and a...
Skipper and Mate
The crew of the barge Gannet, of Gillingham, rescued by the Southend-on-Sea motor life-boat in a gale on 13th December, 1937. (See next page.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sarah A. Purdy
Tynemouth, Northumberland. — At 8.50 A.M. on the 20th December, 1937, the coastguard reported a vessel ashore in the harbour entrance. A light east breeze was blowing, with a heavy swell, and the weather was very cold, with dense fog. The...
Annual Meeting
THE annual meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 13th of March, 1951, with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Committee of Management, in the chair.
H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Presi- dent of the...
Category: Meetings
Guidesman
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 4.40 in the morning, on the 1st of December, 1950, the pier signal station sent a message that the motor tanker Guides- man, of London, was ashore off Scar's Elbow Buoy, near Canvey Island. At 5.25 the...
Golden Bough
Newcastle, Co. Down.—At 9.35 on the night of the 8th of August, 1951, a resident reported seeing flares. At 9.50 the life-boat William and Laura was launched in a moderate sea with a freshening north-westerly breeze blowing. Two and a half...
Jewel
Ramsgate, Kent.—On the evening of the 17th of August, 1951, the coast- guard reported a yacht aground on the Brake Sands. As she was listing heavily and darkness was approaching the life-boat Prudential left her moor- ings at 8.57 to help...