LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Salcombe, Devon. — Late on the night of the 7th of August, 1952, a report was received that flares had been seen, and at 11.25 the life-boat Samuel and Marie Parkhouse was launched, with the honorary secretary, Commander A. C. Roberts, on...

Wicklow.—At 5.5. on the evening of the 7th of September, 1952, the Wick- low Head lightkeeper telephoned that a boy had fallen over a cliff a quarter of a mile north of Wicklow Head. At 5.20 the life-boat Lady Kylsant, with the ex-second...

Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 9.58 in the night, on the 29th of June, 1950, the coastguard telephoned a report that a sailing boat was drifting out to sea two miles in an easterly direction from Chapel Point coastguard station, but that no...

BECAUSE of the success of the com- petition staged last year the Institution will again hold a photographic com- petition, the closing date for entries being 31st October, 1963. Photographs should be sent to the Secretary of the Institution,...

PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN.—A new Life-boat establishment has been formed here by the, Institution, some shipwrecks which had taken place in the locality, having shown the desirability of having a Life-boat on the spot, in the event of...

Regular players of the Lifeboat Lottery will know Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines as a kind sponsor, frequently donating cruises as prizes. But there is a lot more to the RNLI’s partnership with Fred. Olsen than holiday...

HOLYHEAD.—The steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was called out on service on the morning of the 26th Jan., 1893, signals of distress having been shown by the schooner Sarah, of and from Fowey for Runcorn, which had stranded on the...

THREE thousand gas-filled balloons were released from Torquay sea front with cards attached to each balloon bearing the name of someone who had paid one shilling to the Torquay branch of the Institution. Three prizes were awarded for the...