LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE Alnwick Ladies' Life-boat Guild has carried out a very successful chil- dren's collection, which was organized by the Guild Chairman, Mrs. Norman Brown. Prince of Wales' Collecting Cards were given to children all over the...

TWO BOATS TOWED IN A ROUGH SEA Ramsgate, Kent.—At 9.45 on the night of the 21st of August, 1947» the coast- guard telephoned that flares had been seen three-quarters of a mile east-south- east of Kingsgate look-out, and the motor...

Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.-—At 1.45 in the afternoon of the 17th of April, 1949, information was received that a Dutch vessel had stranded on Hantoon Bank, and at 1.55 the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was...

John Handcock Williams, of Tenby, who died last year at the age of 82. He was an officer of the life-boat for 26 years, retiring in 1931, and was one of the seven life-boatmen who took part, 25 years ago, in the Institution's Centenary... - View image in PDF

A three-masted schooner, the Six Sisters, of Hull, was anchored off the Grand Hotel, Sheringham, her auxiliary motor having broken down while she was bound to Portsmouth in ballast.

At 5.25 P.M. on the 31st May the coast-...

Exmouth, Devon.—The motor life-boat Catherine Harriet Eaton was launched at 4.52 P.M. on the 15th November, as the coastguard had reported that a trawler, at anchor one mile off West Bay, was in need of help. She had asked for a tug earlier...

Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. — Shortly after 4 A.M. oil the 23rd November, 1938, the coastguard telephoned that Corsewall lightkeepers had reported a a vessel apparently in distress near Milleur Beacon. A S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough...

A trip on board the Wells (Norfolk) motor life-boat.. - View image in PDF