LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
"Heroes of the Sea" Film
THIS film, which was presented to the Institution in 1931, by British Inter- national Pictures, and was first shown in February of that year, has during the following four years been shown in 415 cinemas, and has collected for the...
Category: Articles
CADABRA
Motor yacht Cadabra, which tours the coasts of Great Britain on sales promotion for Sandhurst Marketing Ltd., a firm of stationers, has completed her fourth round-Britain trip, and Brian Hulme, Chairman of the company, has presented a cheque...
Category: Donations
Mr. Henry W. 'swank' Davies
One of the R.N.L.I.'s most famous life-boat mechanics, Mr. Henry W. 'Swank' Davies, of Cromer, died in January. As mechanic, it was his work with the engines which enabled some of the daring manoeuvres to be attempted— and made...
Category: Obituaries
Finance In 1943: Income
The Institution's income was £528,725. For the fourth year running it was bigger than ever before. Income exceeded expenditure by £229,600, but as soon as the war is over the money which the Institution is now able to put by...
Category: Articles
Rusco Castle, of London
Again, on the 9th December, the Duff was taken off to the brig Rusco Castle, of London, which was in a distressed con- dition on the edge of the Scroby Sand, j while it -was blowing a heavy gale from [ the W. S.W. Fortunately, with the...
Apollo
HASTINGS.—On the 18th February, the schooner Apollo, of Bandholm, bound from London to Cette with a cargo of currants, drove on to the rocks near Rock-a-Nore in a N.W. wind and heavy swell. The1 Lifeboat proceeded to her, and as it was found...
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Lifeboatmen save people and livestock from flooded towns In the early hours of 18 October 1990 the towns of Ballycastle and nearby Cushendall in Co. Antrim were badly flooded, and Red Bay lifeboat station and two of the Crew Members at...
RESCUE
HUMPBACK WHALE FREED
DART/SALCOMBE | 22 MARCH
RNLI crew never quite know what to expect when they’re called out – this time it was an 8m humpback whale trapped
n fishing gear. The lifeboats helped...
Category: Articles
Patronita
Hastings, Sussex. At 9.50 on the morning of the 4th November, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yawl Patronita of Portsmouth needed help eight miles south-east of Hastings. This informa- tion had been received...
Fishing Cobles
A strong westerly gale with a rough sea came up, on the 16th January, whilst the fishing cobles were at sea, and about 11 A.M. the Life-boat Ada Lewis was launched to attend them into safety.
The gale having arisen quite...