LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
BARMOUTH.—A large vessel was seen stranded on St. Patrick's Causeway on the morning of the 24th March, 1895. A heavy gale was blowing from S.W., the weather was thick and the sea rough. The Life- boat Jones Gibb put off at 8.15, and on...
Category: Services
A Rough Passage. The Journey of the St. Ives Motor Life-Boat to Her Station
The Jonrney of the St. Ives Motor Life-boat to her Station.
By LIEUT.-COMMANDER H. L. WHEELER, R.N., Southern District Inspector.
WE left Cowes for St. Ives, Cornwall, at noon on the 18th March. On board...
Category: Articles
None (3)
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...
Prepare for the Worst
LAST YEAR'S capsize of the roll-on roll-off ferry Herald of Free Enterprise close to Zeebrugge Harbour entrance, brought sharply into focus the need for emergency services on land and at sea to be alert and ready to cope with the myriad...
Category: Articles
Alderman Miss Mary Burton Honorary Life Governor With the Model of Beaumaris Lifeboat Given to Her By the Crew
Alderman Miss Mary Burton, Honorary Life Governor, with the model of Beaumaris lifeboat given to her by the crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Runswick Bay Yacht Club Safety Boat
Search in surf A REPORT that Runswick Bay Yacht Club safety boat had capsized on the east side of the bay came to Staithes and Runswick lifeboat station from HM Coastguard at 1444 on Sunday June 21.
Although it was a fine...
Coxswain Len Patten and His Crew Give Three Cheers for Mrs Anderson
Coxswain Len Patten and his crew give three cheers for Mrs Anderson.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fundraisers
Monopoly Live Most of us have played the classic board game Monopoly, but what about Monopoly Live where players actually visit the London sites from the board either by foot or public transport? This is just what happened on Sunday 6 July...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Launches
Lifeboat launches on service during the months September, October and November, 1974 Aith, Shetland September 25 Aldeburgh, Suffolk October 10 and November 13 Arklow, Co. Wicklow October 30 and November 5 Arranmore, Co. Donegal November 20,...
Category: Services
Ceremonies
Relief - Trent class Henry Heys Duckworth St Helier lifeboat station played host for the naming ceremony of a relief Trent class lifeboat on the afternoon of 28 April 1996. In weather conditions which made it feel as though it was mid-Summer...
Category: Inaugurations