LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Thursday, February llth, 1932.

Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.

Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— Mrs. Helen Davis, 100 £1 Preference shares in the Lady Workers'...

Drinking Tea Saves Lives! 80 TEA BAGS No, this is not a new medical discovery.

But it is true, because cverv time an 80-tea bag packet of Lifeboat Tea is sold, four pence is contributed to the Royal National Lifeboat...

July Joe Adams, honorary life governor since 1993. Mr Adams served the Hastings lifeboat station from 1956 to 1993 in various capacities, including, honorary secretary, joint honorary secretary, deputy launching authority and chairman. He...

SWANSEA —On the 4th May, 1872, the Life-boat Wolverhampton, stationed at the Mumbles, proceeded to the assistance of the ketch Jupiter, of Hamburg, which had gone ashore near the harbour during a strong gale from the W. Some of the crew of...

(Above) The old boathouse on Lindisfarne, and (right) one of the two plaques on either side of the main door. - View image in PDF

See David Herriott's letter 'Island Find', above.. - View image in PDF

DRIFTING TOWARDS THE ROCKS Wicklow.—At 4.30 in the afternoon of January 28th, 1947, the lighthouse keeper at Wicklow Head telephoned that a fishing boat was flying distress signals half a mile south-east of the Head. A strong...

Bruno backs the lifeboats Harwich lifeboatmen had a very special visitor in August, when Frank Bruno came to town promoting the wacky gameshow 'It's a Knockout'. The former heavyweight boxing champ was backing the RNLI's...

LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.—The life-boat Latitia was launched about midnight on the j 12th February, 1869, in reply to signals of distress from the brig Beatrix, of Whitby, j which was riding heavily in the Roads near Gorton Gapway, with her...