LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles
Runswick, Yorkshire. At 11.50 on the morning of the 31st of December, 1957, there was a rough sea and an ebbing tide, and the honorary secretary considered it would be dangerous for the Staithes cobles to try and reach theharbour unescorted....
Bernard Claudine
St Helier, Jersey. At 3.34 on the afternoon of the 12th of August, 1958, a message was received that a yacht was attempting to tow another yacht two and a half miles from St. Helier harbour.
The tow rope was seen to part on...
A Cabin Cruiser
Outboard failure A RED HANDFLARE from a cabin cruiser about two miles east of Cullercoats Harbour was sighted by Tyne Coastguard at 1232 on Sunday September 26, 1982.
Cullercoats lifeboat station was informed and at 1239...
An Open Fishing Boat
Six fishermen saved by crew member in open fishing boatEamonn O'Leary, a member of Dun Laoghaire's All-weather lifeboat crew, has been awarded the Institution's Thanks inscribed on Vellum for a rescue which he carried out...
Feature: Especially for You
Every lifeboat station and lifeguard beach is unique and each has different requirements if its volunteers are to successfully save lives at sea. Community fundraising and regional appeals can be tailored to meet these specific needs and...
Category: Articles
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To HENRY G. BLOGG, G.C., B.E.M., on hig retirement, after serving for thirty-seven and three-quarter years as coxswain and seven and a quarter years as second coxswain of the Cromer life-boats, a coxswain's certificate of service and an...
Category: Awards
Response and Responsibility
For the hard-pressed citizens of 1940s Europe, the truth of the slogan ‘waste not, want not’ was proven every day. In 2010, the message is being embraced anew by the RNLI to help it meet its responsibilities and to stretch donations ever...
Category: Articles
Meetings of Committee
1st July. T. WILSON, Esq., in the Chair.
At a Special General Meeting of the Institution, convened pursuant to advertisement, confirmed the alterations in the Rules and Regulations as adopted at the previous Special...
Category: Committee
Harborough
Penlee, Cornwall.—At nine o'clock on the morning of the 9th of December, 1956, a message was received from a doctor that a vessel, which was making for Mounts Bay with an injured man on board, had asked for the life-boat to bring him...
Errata
The following account of a service was omitted in error from the December 1960 number of the Life-boat.
Boulmer, Northumberland. At 5.4 on the morning of the 2nd of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary...
Category: Articles