LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations were awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and...

OCTOBER 20TH. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE.

During the morning the motor fishing boat Billow’s Crown, of St. Abbs, was caught in a south-east gale, with a rough sea, while returning from fishing. She had a crew of four. The...

Would you serve these people? That was the question facing the landlords of 22 Isle of Wight pubs recently when regulars of the Commercial Inn decided to raise money for charity.

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On the very hot, sunny day of June 6, Mrs Irene Carrington, wife of the president of the St Ives, Huntingdonshire, Rotary Club, named the new D class ILB for Wells station Spirit of Rotary, pouring champagne over her bows. The St Ives branch... - View image in PDF

Ramsgate, Kent.—25th April. The s.s. Sveti-Duze, of Susak, Yugoslavia, had collided with another steamer off the East Goodwin Sands, but both steamers were able to go on their way.

—Rewards, £5 8s..

By Major C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., R.E., Deputy Secretary of the Institution.founder, Sir William thus a few months THE Societe Humaine et des Naufrages de Boulogne-sur-Mer was founded in August, 1825, by the joint efforts of two members...

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight—2nd April.

An aeroplane was reported to have fallen into the sea, but no machine was found or reported missing.— Rewards, £7 16s..

A beach out of reach Even strong swimmers can be caught out, struggling in sight of land. Carol Waterkeyn reports Sunday 3 June 2007 was a memorable day for all the wrong reasons. A family holiday nearly turned into a disaster when Carolyne...