LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Ria de Cormes, of Cadiz
MARCH 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. At 4.35 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported a vessel in distress off South Goodwin Light-vessel. A northerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. At five o’clock, the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil...
H.M.S. Jeanie Deans and The Barges Ida, of Harwich and Xylonite, of Ipswich
DECEMBER 17TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 6.25 in the morning a request was received from the naval control for the life-boat to go to the Maplin Sands where a vessel had been driven ashore on the Black tail Spit. A strong southerly...
Great Yarmouth Flag Day Last Summer Achieved a Record of Over £3000 Paul Daniels Star of 'summer Magic' at the Britannia Pier Helped Sell Souvenirs Nonstop for Two Hours Bringing the Sale
Great Yarmouth flag day last summer achieved a record of over £3,000. Paul Daniels, star of 'Summer Magic', at the Britannia Pier, helped sell souvenirs nonstop for two hours, bringing the sale for the day to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Right: Tom Sinclair, Branch Chairman
Right: Tom Sinclair, branch chairman, (centre) presenting a framed certificate of thanks to Captain John Rimmington. Master of the Isle of Innisfree. - View image in PDF
Photo: iD Martin Cavaney Photography.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Heroes of the Life-Boat
THERE'S a brave and gallant host Worthy of Britannia's boast, Lions of our sea-girt coast When there's danger on the sea.
Midst the tempest's blaze and blare, Thunder roll and lightning glare, They have...
Category: Poetry
2012 - the year of the floods
RNLI lifeboats launched more than 8,000 times in 2012 in a year of poor weather and heavy rainfall. Despite the weather, our lifeguards helped more than 16,000 people.
Meanwhile, the RNLI Flood Rescue Team had their...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
VOL—KINGSGATE.
The Thomas Chapman, 28 feet long, 6 feet beam, 6 oars.
THE next Life-boat Station westward from Mar- gate, of which we gave some account in the Life- boat Journal for the last quarter, is...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At about 2 o'clock on the morning of the 6th January three of the fishing cobles belonging to Flamborough put out to sea. About three hours later, when the boats were five miles from home, the N.N.W. wind...
Category: Services
Selsey's Tyne Class Lifeboat City of London Tows the Wreck of the 34Ft Yacht Robbery Into Chichester Harbour After She Had Capsized and Tost Her Keel.
Selsey's Tyne class lifeboat City of London tows the wreck of the 34ft yacht Robbery into Chichester Harbour after she had capsized and tost her keel. (Photograph Observer Series). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Notes of the Quarter By Patrick Howarth
FOR THE FIRST TIME for ten years and only the sixth time since the end of World War II 32 years ago the RNLI's gold medal for gallantry has been awarded.
The service which earned Keith Bower of Torbay this...
Category: Articles