LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

DURING the past year the difficulties— at all times serious—encountered by those endeavouring by personal effort to raise money for, and increase public interest in, deserving charities and in- stitutions have been in evidence in a greater...

Dover, Kent.—At 10.10 on the night of the 13th of January, 1952, the Eastern Harbour Arm Signal Station reported that the tanker Sovac Radiant, of Panama, had gone aground in Fan Bay, and at 10.30 the life-boat Southern Africa left her...

Teesmouth, September 14, 1986: Tees Dock quay space is normally full of steel ready for export. This particular Sunday, however, saw a small oasis of colour appear as the site was made ready for the naming ceremony of Teesmouth's 47ft... - View image in PDF

MARCH 25TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS. On March 17th a doctor telephoned to the station to ask if the life-boat would be available to bring from the Island of Fouls to the mainland a woman who was expecting a baby.

A strong breeze...

Henry Blogg’s peaceful manner reflected a humble background – he was born in a small cottage near Cromer’s pier, and in many ways was a typical Norfolk fisherman.

After joining the town’s lifeboat crew in 1894, he was...

Sir William Priestley, J.P., who died on March 25, a few days before his seventy-third birthday, was one of the Institution's most generous and in- fluential friends in the north of England.

The head of a big business...

Holy Island and North Sunderland, Northumberland.

—Early on the morning of the 28th February the coastguard reported to the Holy Island life-boat station that a vessel was in distress in Goswick Bay. A north-easterly...

Trial of patience A MESSAGE from the 1,100-ton coastal tanker Olga, on passage from Liverpool to Bergen, stating she was aground on Bhride Island and that the crew of 10 aboard required assistance, was intercepted by Portpatrick radio...