LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Liza, Scheherazade and Golden Venture
Eighteen lifeboats at sea as storm sweeps country 'Services varied from false alarms - both with good intent and malicious - to fishing vessels and commercial passenger vessels...' The severe storms which swept much of the country on...
Angus Rose and Mizpah (1)
Montrose, Angus, and Anstruther, Fifeshlre.—On the afternoon of the 9th of February, 1953, a wireless message reached the Montrose life-boat station from the fishing boat Angus Rose, which had a crew of two, that she had lost her rudder, but...
Pilot Me, Provider and Success
Whitby, Yorkshire.—Early on the morning of the 6th December, 1937, the local motor fishing boats Pilot Me, Provider and Success put out. Just before 2 P.M. they were seen returning, and as the sea was then breaking very strongly across the...
Two Small Vessels, Whim and Saucy Lass
Again on the 14th November, two small vessels, the pilot cutter IVhim, and the lugger Saucy Lass, were seen to be at anchor on the weather side of the Holm Sand, in an extremely dangerous position, and with sig- nals of distress flying. A...
B.S. Callings, Premier, and Hilda
JANUARY 20TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The fishing cobles B. S. Callings, Premier, and Hilda were at sea. A north-easterly wind was blowing, and by the afternoon a heavy ground swell was breaking across the bay. At 2.55 the motor life-boat...
Pig Farms, Cottages and Parrots
A legacy is a simple matter to set up, but sometimes whatthe RNLI receives is far from simple.
Ray Kipling, the Institution's Deputy Director, explains 'We're very proud of our new lifeboat. We'll take good...
Category: Articles
When Chipstead (Kent) Sailing Club Held Its Regatta on July 18
When Chipstead (Kent) Sailing Club held its regatta on July 18 the entrance fees for two races were donated to the RNLI. With the profit from a souvenir stall, £79.86 was raised for Sevenoaks and District branch by the end of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rosemary II and Betty Sheader
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 3Gth of December, 1955, information was received from the crews of fishing boats coming in from sea that the wind was freshening and the weather worsening. There were doubts about the safety...
A Boat and a Dinghy
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 1.55 p.m. on i8th April, 1965, the bowman informed the honorary secretary that a small boat under oars was making poor progress about three-quarters of a Bile east of the station. The honorary lecretary...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
SATURDAY, 18th March, 1893.
The Annual General Meeting of the friends and supporters of the ROYAL NATIONAL LITE- BOAT INSTITUTION took place this day at St.
Martin's Town Hall, Charing Cross Road,...
Category: Committee