LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dive boat in danger
2 June: Moelfre’s Tyne class lifeboat Robert and Violet was launched as a dive boat was pushed towards rocks in a strong north-easterly wind and rough sea. The boat’s engine had failed with three people onboard,...
Category: Articles
The New Tractor for Launching Life-Boats
The Institution has now had designed for it, by the Four Wheel Drive Lorry Company, a Tractor, with a Roadless Traction creeper track, which, it is hoped, will be able to launch Life-boats off all types of beach. The carriages of the...
Category: Articles
Alfheim
On the afternoon of the 24th February a vessel was observed to run ashore close to Kings- down. The crew of the Life-boat Charles Hargrave were assembled, and with the assistance of the haul-off warp the boat was launched, and proceeded to...
At the South East District Conference George a Hodgkins (R) Vice-President Ofreigate and Redhill Branch Presented a Cheque for £10000 to Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Co
At the South East District Conference George A. Hodgkins (r.), vice-president ofReigate and Redhill branch, presented a cheque for £10,000 to Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, KCB, chairman of the Fund Raising Committee, watched by the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Latvian Award to Portaskaig
ON the night of 26th October, 1936, the Latvian steamer Helena Faulbaums, of Riga, was caught in a sudden very severe storm near Jura Sound on the west coast of Scotland. The weather was very thick, with rain showers, and the sea was very...
Category: Awards
Life-Boats on the Air. Broadcasts In 1949
Ix December, 1948, the secretary of the Institution, Colonel A. D. Burnett Brown, M.C., T.D., M.A., broadcast a talk "Exploits of the old Sailing Life- boats." This talk was on the air the day after the motor life-boat St. Allans...
Category: Articles
Lost crew remembered
Wreaths were laid to mark the 50th anniversary of the Broughty Ferry lifeboat disaster on 8 December.
Eight crew members lost their lives while going to the aid of the North Carr lightship off St Andrew’s Bay. They were...
Category: Articles
A Balloon from Germany
24th September. A balloon from Ger- many drifting towards land very low appeared likely to fall in the sea, but came down on Spittal beach.—Re- wards, £4 16s. 6d..
Double jeopardy
Two mayday calls in quick succession put Walton and Frinton lifeboat crew on high alert
motoryacht’s two crew issued a mayday just before 1pm on Monday 21 June, after suffering engine failure. The boat was drifting towards...
Category: Articles
October
Launches 96. Lives rescued 231.
OCTOBER 2ND. - FRASERBURGH. ABERDEENSHIRE The life-boat was launched twice to the help of the steam trawler Northward, from which she had previously rescued the crew of ten. For details see...
Category: Services