LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Vessel (14)
DEC. 24TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. A vessel had been reported to be ashore, but she was found to be anchored off shore. - Rewards. £11 15s. 6d..
Riding tandem: a round-the-island ride on a tandem
Riding tandem: A round-lhe-island ride on a tandem was part of the three-day Randonee festival of cycling on the Isle of Wight. A team of Henley enthusiasts pedalled the 62 miles in stints of five miles each, checking in at various points... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution—continued
WEXFORD.—At about 8th Feb. 1884, telegrams were received stating that a large fourmast ship was ashore on the Pollock Rocks n Fethard Bay. The wind was blowing a whole gale from the south and the sea was very heavy. Horses were procured as...
Category: Services
Self-Devotion of An English Seaman
ON the 3rd of November last, during the gale which produced such devastating effects on the coast of Suffolk, and on other parts of the east coast of England, a Swedish brig, the Vestor, was driven ashore near Orfordness, on the Suffolk...
Category: Articles
The New Dover Motor Life-Boat. Inaugural Ceremony By the Prince of Wales, K.G.
Inaugural Ceremony by the Prince of Wales, K.G.
THE PRINCE or WALES, as President of the Institution, on 10th July named the new Dover Motor Life-boat Sir William Hillary, after the founder of the Institu- tion.
Category: Inaugurations
A New Type of Life-Boat
FOLLOWING on the Barnett Twin-Screw Life-boat, and the Watson Cabin Life- boat, both Life-boats specially designed to be able to carry out services at a considerable distance from their Stations, the Institution has now designed another new...
Category: Articles
Best Wreck Service of the Year
The Hartland (Devon) life-saving apparatus company has been awarded the Minister of Transport's shield for the best wreck service for the year 1962- 1963. The award has been made for the rescue of the crew of seven of the Royal Fleet...
Category: Awards
Services of the Life-Boats In October, November and December. 69 Lives Rescued
OCTOBER DURING October life - boats were launched on service 50 times and rescued 41 lives.
ESCORT FOR KETCH IN TOW OF TRAWLER Walmer, Kent. At 1.42 early on the morning of the 1st of October, 1958, the coastguard told the...
Category: Services
Services of the Ramsgate Life-Boat
THE following is the Coxswain's report of the important services rendered on the night of 3rd Dec. last, by the Ramsgate life-boat, to the passengers of the emigrant ship Fusilier, of London; and to the crew of the ship Denierara, of...
Category: Services
'The scariest situation I've ever been in'
As the evening approached at Aberavon Beach on the south Wales coast, the RNLI lifeguard team were packing up their kit – but their work was not over for the day …
Sun and sand had attracted...
Category: Articles