LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gladys Too
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire.
At 1.35 on 29th May, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was reported in difficulties off Towyn beach. The life-boat Charles Henry Ashley was launched at two...
New Scarborough Life-Boat Named
THE first life-boat of the Oakley class was named J. G. Graves of Sheffield at a ceremony at the Scarborough lifeboathouse on the 11th of June, 1959.
The life-boat was a gift of the J. G. Graves Charitable Trust, and Mrs....
Category: Inaugurations
A Steam Trawler (1)
The Humber, Yorkshire.—26th December, 1938. A steam trawler had run ashore on the Middle Binks, but she floated on the rising tide without help.—Permanent paid crew: Rewards, 18*..
A Wonderfully Warm Welcome (pictured)
One hour and 46 minutes after she walked into the cold waters of the Firth of Forth, Judith arrived on the beach at Kinghorn to a wonderfully warm welcome (pictured).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (21)
FEBRUARY 28TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. A bomber aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but another message came that she “ had been accounted for “, and the life-boat was recalled. - Paid permanent crew.
Almendral, of Bordeaux
On the 23rd January, guns having been fired by the Goodwin light-vessel, the Life-boat and steam-tug went out and found the ship Almendral, of Bordeaux, bounci from S underload for Valparaiso with a cargo of coal, stranded on the North Sand...
Silvia Onorato
Walmer, Kent.—On the fourth of January, 1948, the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin—Civil Service No. 2, rescued 30 lives from the Italian steamer Silvia Onorato. The coxswain was awarded the silver medal for gallantry, the motor mechanic the...
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HOLY ISLAND WITHOUT FOOD Holy Island, Northumberland.—By the 15th of March, 1947, with the roads blocked by sriow, no bread or other provisions had been received at Holy Island for nearly a week and it was decided that the life-boat should...
Gannet
Walton and Frinlon, Essex.—Early on the afternoon of the 19th April, 1938, the motor life-boat E.M.E.D., just before entering the Come estuary on passage to Rowhedge, for her annual overhaul, saw a barge in difficulties about a mile and a...
27 Months of War.
In the first 27 months of war life-boats have rescued 4325 lives. They have rescued more lives in these 27 months than in the last twelve years of peace..
Category: Articles