LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Magdalen and the Star of Peace,
MONTROSE, N.B.—At about midnight on the 4th January it was reported that two of the large fishing-boats were ashore on the Annat Bank. The Mincing Lane Life-boat was at once manned by a crew of fishermen, and proceeded to their...
The Sailing and Motor Yacht Eleanor
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 4.45 A.M. on the 8th April, 1938, the coastguard reported a small yacht in difficulties.
A strong N.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor life-boat Agnes Cross was launched at 4.55 A.M....
Gallant Services at Newhaven and Runswick
Three Bronze Medals Awarded.
THERE were heavy seas round the coast whole gale was blowing at the time, and at the end of November, and on the 26th the Motor Life-boat and two tugs put out and 27th of that month ten...
Category: Services
In at the deep end
What's it like to join lifeboat volunteers in the sea survival pool? Philly Byrde finds out ...
'This is your Captain speaking. Abandon ship! abandon ship!' Oh good. This is exactly...
Category: Articles
Volesus, of Grimsby, and Lord Nelson
Injured crews THE HARBOUR MASTER of Bridlington, Yorkshire, informed the honorary secretary at 1320 on Friday, December 28, 1973, that the trawler VolesusofGrimsby had an injured man aboard. The relief lifeboat Calouste Giilbenkian was...
The RNLI and me: Guy Martin
WHO IS GUY MARTIN?
Born in Grimsby, Guy Martin is a mechanic better known for his motorcycle racing and television programmes, including The Boat That Guy Built and Speed with Guy Martin. When he’s not trying to break world speed...
Category: Articles
Torbay Lifeboat Ralph and Bonella Farrant
Torbay lifeboat Ralph and Bonella Farrant returns to Torquay Harbour with the French racing yacht Corum and her 12-man crew in tow. The 45ft sloop had been in danger of foundering on the rocks off Hopes Nose after her rudder snapped in a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BALLANTRAE, N.B.—On the application of the local residents, a Life-boat station has been established at Ballantrae, a small village on the coast of Ayrshire, where Shipwrecks occasionally take place—three having occurred there, with loss of...
Category: Articles
Ben Henshaw and the S.S. Saint Oran
Ramsey, IsIe-of-Man.—At 9.50 on the morning of the 17th of February, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that the motor tanker Ben Henshaw, of London (which was two miles to the north-east) was flying a signal for a doctor. As the weather was...
Top RNLI Awards
top RNLi AWARds The RNLI held its Annual Presentation of Awards in London’s Barbican Centre on 17 May, and Bronze Medals for Gallantry were awarded by HRH The Duke of Kent to Dr Christine Bradshaw (see page 16), Lifeguard Sophie...
Category: Articles