LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Three Fishing Cobles and a Pilot Coble
WHITBY.—At noon on the 20th April, daring calm weather and a heavy sea, three fishing cobles and » Hartlepool pilot coble, the latter with only one man on board, were observed making for Whitby Harbour. It was considered unsafe for them...
How Selling Souvenirs and Gifts Buys Lifeboats
THE RNLI has been selling souvenirs for well over half a century. The word 'souvenir' indicates what the main purpose originally was.
Small items which were expected to appeal to visitors to lifeboat houses were put...
Category: Articles
Alpha
Girvan, Ayrshire. — At 4.40 in the afternoon of the 20th of March, 1949, the Alpha, of Stranraer, a ketch with an auxiliary engine, was seen to be at anchor three miles south of the har- bour. It looked as if her engines had broken down. A...
Topdal
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—Flares having been shown by a vessel at anchor in the bay while a moderate gale was blowing from S.E., accompanied by a heavy sea and thick weather, on the 4th October, the Life-boat Mary Isabella was launched at 5.50...
Statistics to believe in
As the Lifeboat went to print, RNLI rescue data for 2008 were announced.
Every one of the charity’s lifeboat stations and lifeguard units routinely reports its operational activities to Headquarters, where the Service...
Category: Articles
John Robert, White Rose and Little Madge
Cromer, and Sheringham, Norfolk.—On the morning of the 2nd April the fishing boats John Robert and White Rose, of Cromer, and Little Madge, of Sheringham, each with a crew of two, put to sea in fine weather. The weather changed, and at about...
Sir Richard
FISHGUABD, SOOTH WALES.—At about 10 o'clock on the morning of the 31st of October, signals of distress were shown by two schooners which, with other ves sels, had taken refuge in the bay on the previous day, being unable to go round St....
Life-Boat Saturday Fund
THERE is a time-honoured saying that " it is a long lane that has no turning," and the old saw may not inappropriately be applied at the present time to the Life-boat Saturday Fund. For the last three years the Life-boat Saturday...
Category: Articles
Principal Event In Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week's Spectacular Programme Last July Was the First National Hang-Kite Flying Championship
Principal event in Lyme Regis lifeboat week's spectacular programme last July was the first national hang-kite flying championship.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gifts from Crews
ON 12th July, 1926, the Rhoscolyn Life-boat launched to and stood by the S.B. Kvrkwynd, of Glasgow, which had stranded, during a thick fog, two miles to the east of Rhoscolyn. The Life-boat returned arid, later, made a second trip to the...
Category: Donations