LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Run for the Lifeboat
Warrant Officer T. J. Hudson MBE is shown presenting a cheque for £200 to the President of Plymouth lifeboat station, Vice Admiral Sir Robert Gerken.
The money was raised by WO Hudson's friends and mess mates who... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Alliance and Golden Light
PENZANCE.—At about 3 A.M., on the 8th December, signals of distress having been observed about a quarter of a mile east of the Albert Quay, the Life-boat Dora was launched and pulled in the direction where the light was first...
The Seven Medallists of the Great Gales, October, 1929, to January, 1930
Left to right: Coxswain James Wickham, Rosslare Harbour; Mr, W. J. B. Moncas, Hon. Secretary at Rosslare; Coxswain Harry A. Griggs, jun., Hythe; Coxswain Douglas Oilier, Dungeness; Coxswain James Watkins, Angle Coxswain Richard Payne,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (189)
DECEMBER 2 2ND. - KILMORE, AND ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD.
An aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea, and red and green flares could be seen apparently at sea level, but nothing was found. - Rewards :...
Lorne
The schooner Lome, of Arklow, put into Wicklow harbour early in the morning of the 18th March in the height of an E.S.E. gale. The vessel left Garston with a cargo of coal bound for Balli- nacurra, Co. Cork, but when she reached the...
Services of the Life-Boats
Plymouth, Devon.—The German Schooner Erna, belonging to Bremen, drove ashore on Drake's Island in Plymouth Sound on the night of the 21st February, during a S.S.E. gale which at times attained the violence of a hurricane. The vessel...
Category: Services
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
Obvene.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, "L. C.Wyon." Doable legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in 1824.
Incorporated 1860. Victoria, Patroness."...
Category: Medals
John Roberts
John Roberts, coxswain of Sennen Cove lifeboatlifeboat from 1948 until his retirement in 1959. He joined the crew in 1910 on the pulling and sailing lifeboat Ann Newhon. becoming second coxswain in 1944..
Category: Obituaries
The Lifeboat Ale
The lifeboat ale even comes highly recommended by 'The Sheep' who is Head Mower at the Aldeburgh lifeboat station garden!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of His Majesty Kiso EDWARD VII. Double Legend : " Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Founded in 1824. Incorporated 1860. King Edward VII....
Category: Medals