LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Note
After the Annual Report was completed, Colonel Sir FiTzRoY CLAYTON, who had taken an active p;trt in its preparation, was seized with sudden illness, and, to the deep regret of his colleagues, he has now resigned the Chairmanship of the...
Category: Committee
Volvo
WITHENOUGHOFTHESE WECAN BUILD UPAFLOAT AND YOU COULD WIN ANEW VOLVO Volvo and the RNLI have, over the past eight years, together raised over £4 million to help save lives at sea.
To date, three lifeboats have been...
Category: Advertisement
Two Fishing Boats
ST.ANDREW'S, FIFESHIRE.—Two fishingboats returning from fishing in the bay on the 21st February were placed in a perilous position by a strong N. gale which sprung up, accompanied by a rough sea. One boat was driven on the beach, and the...
Flower Fantasy
The Cutty Sark Society has kindly agreed that the lower deck of the famous clipper Cutty Sark at Greenwich can be used as a setting for a Life-boat Fantasy in Flowers to raise funds for the R.N.L.I. The fantasy will consist of 20 flower...
Category: Donations
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Simon Cooke, a member of Torbay lifeboat crew, unearths an unusual explanation for an unusual service...
Lifeboat crews up and down the coast spend many hours searching for people reported missing , but not many get called...
Economy and Willing Boys
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 2.35 on the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1957, the coastguard reported that a small motor boat which had engine trouble was sheltering near Reiss Sands and that a motor fishing vessel was stand- ing by. At 3.8...
Shrimp Boats
At 9 A.M. On the 2nd August a heavy squall from N.E. accompanied by heavy rain blew over Lowestof fc and caught the fleet of shrimp boats whilst at sea. As their position was one of considerable danger the No. 2 Life-boat Stock Exchange...
Eloise
Margate, Kent. At 6.56 on the evening of the 17th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties on Margate Sands. At 7.4 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched on...
Trito
The motor life- boat Alfred and Clara Heath was launched at 6.45 P.M. on the llth February, as information had been received that a vessel was aground between Start Point and Hallsands.
A light S.E. wind was blowing, and...
Colleen
At 10.30 P.M.
on the 13th August the Coxswain received a message that a small yacht with two men on board was' in distress in the bay. A strong S.E. breeze was blowing with a rough sea and heavy...