LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rebecca and Mary
On the 20th February a large schooner was observed making for Liverpool, and she came to anchor about five miles off St.
Anne's. As there was a strong gale blowing from the north-west and a very heavy sea running, a...
A Motor Boat
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—During the morning of the 16th October, 1938, nine Sea Scouts, from a Borstal Institution, with a scoutmaster, left Hunstanton in their motor boat for Boston. Soon afterwards the boat's engine broke down and the...
Dusty Miller
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 1.53 P.M.
on the 23rd November, 1938, the coastguard reported that a vessel was showing signals of distress about two and a half miles E.S.E. of Skegness Pier. A whole S.W. gale was blowing, with...
Dedication
A remarkable demonstration of service has come to the notice of the R.N.L.I, at Douglas, Isle of Man. The devoted helper, who was physically handicapped, was 15-year old David Kelly who died in November.
It is understood...
Category: Articles
Utilise
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire - At 10.6 a.m. on 25th June, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the m.f.v. Utilise, which had broken down between the Ribble estuary and Formby, was in need of immediate assistance....
Inshore Lifeboat Services December 1978 January and February 1979
Aberdovey, Gwynedd December 8 Abersoch, Gwynedd December 10 Atlantic College, South Glamorgan February 24 Beaumaris, Gwynedd January 1 and 17 Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland December 16 Blackpool, Lancashire February 26 and 28 Broughty...
Category: Services
Coxswain Robert Maiden of Hartlepool (East Division)
Coxswain Robert Maiden of Hartlepool (East Division) joined the lifeboat crew in 1961, and was bowman from 1966 to 1967.
He was second coxswain from 1967 until 1968 when the station closed, but in 1976, when it re-opened,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Essay Competition, 1929. Presentation of Prizes In the London District
AT the Caxton Hall, Westminster, on the 6th February the Mayor of West- minster (Captain J. F. C. Bennett) presided at the presentation of prizes won in the Life-boat Essay Competi- tion in London (consisting of schools in the London County...
Category: Articles
December
Launches 52 Lives rescued 54 DECEMBER 2ND. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At 6.15 in the morning the coastguard reported that a vessel three miles south-east of St. Ives Head had signalled that she was sinking. A moderate...
Category: Services
J. M. J.
APPLEDORE, NORTH DEVON.—Signals of distress having been observed, the Lifeboat Jane Hannah MacDonald was launched at 8.20 P.M. on the 20th January in a moderate S.W. wind, a heavy sea, and thick weather. The schooner J. M. J., of Bideford,...