LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mrs Richard Sounders (I) Chairman of the Central London Committee and Mrs Robin Aisher Chairman
Mrs Richard Sounders (I.), chairman of the Central London Committee, and Mrs Robin Aisher, chairman of the ball committee, are two of the ladies responsible for the organisation of the Central London annual Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball. One of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Marine Marketing
TRANSATLANTIC WITH STREET EXCITEMENT & INSTRUCTION Don Street, author of The Ocean Sailing Yacht' shares his lifetime of sailing experience on video.
More than twice as long as most yachting videos, you can settle...
Category: Advertisement
The Life-Boat
TtrE day is spent ; the ied sun sinks Beneath the Western wave; The light bark gaily holds her course With her crew so stout and brave.
A few short hours, and all is changed; For loudly howls the Wast, And o'er the...
Category: Poetry
Services of the Life-Boats In January, February and March, 1955. 63 Lives Rescued
JANUARY DURIXG January life-boats were launched 41 times and rescued 37 lives.
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY FISHING FLEET Anstruther, Fifeshire.—Oil the after- noon of the 3rd of January, 1955, the wind freshened, and at...
Category: Services
The Crew
Lerwick lifeboatmen lead Viking fire festival Longships are so old fashioned. The 21 st century Viking's transport-of-choice is a Severn class lifeboat.
Or so Lerwick crew members Bruce Leask (left) and John Sinclair...
Category: Articles
Defiant
Peterhead, Aberdeenshlre.—At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 4th of November, 1953, the coastguard telephoned that six boys in a rowing boat off the North Head had only two oars between them and were in difficulties in the tide and heavy swell,...
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Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 10.50 on the evening of the 9th of March, 1960, the life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was launched at high water to go to the help of the local fishing vessel Anima- tion, which was in difficulties south of...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 12th January, 1911.
Colonel Sir FitzRoY CLAYTON, K.C.V.O..V.P., in the Chair.
Bead and confirmed the minutes of the three previous meetings.
Also read those of the Building,...
Category: Committee
Services of the Life-Boats In January, February and March. 15 Lives Rescued
JANUARY DURING January life-boats were launched on service 30 times but rescued no lives.
FIREMEN TAKEN TO BELGIAN TRAWLER Selsey, Sussex. At 8.20 on the morn- ing of 4th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary...
Category: Services
Tikokino
At 2.28 p.m. on 12th July, 1968, the east pier watchman informed the honorary secretary that a dismasted yacht was drifting eastwards off Ramsgate harbour. The life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty at the station, slipped...