LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Four Members of the Committee of Management
THE EARL OF HOME LIEUT.-COL. THE EARL OF HOME died on the llth of July, 1951, at the age of 77. He had been a vice-president of the Institution since 1923. He was elected chairman of the executive committee of the Scottish Life-boat"...
Category: Obituaries
Dorothy
LIFE-BOAT REFLOATS GROUNDED COBLE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 8.40 a.m. on Friday the 30th August, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing coble Dorothy was ashore at Danes Dyke and that another coble was going to...
Princess of Newhaven
MOTOR CRUISER TOWED AFTER CREW LAND Eastbourne, Sussex. At 6.15 on the evening of the 6th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small vessel was ashore on the rocks at Birling Gap. The life-boat Beryl Tollemache...
Air Vice Marshal John Te!Ley CB CVO RNLI Deputy Chairman
Air Vice Marshal John Te!Ley Cb Cvo RNLI Deputy Chairman. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Two Ship’s Boats from the S.S. Enseign Marie Saint-Germain
FEBRUARY 22ND. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 11.20 A.M. the coastguard asked for the life-boat’s services for a vessel off the East Cross Sand Buoy, six miles east of Caister, and the motor life-boat Michael Stephens was...
Although Wells on the Norfolk Coast Was the Last RNLI Station to Use Horses for Launching—That Was In 1934— Horses Are Still Used In Some Parts of the Netherlands
Although Wells, on the Norfolk coast, was the last R.N.L.I, station to use horses for launching—that was in 1934— horses are still used in some parts of the Netherlands. Here the Ameland life-boat, because of difficult coastal conditions,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Coningbeg Lightship
MARCH 23RD. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD.
A telegram was received at 5.30 in the afternoon asking that the life-boat might be used to bring off a sick man from the Coningbeg Lightship. The weather was too bad for an ordinary...
Blackburn Rovers
INJURED MAN At 2.35 p.m. on 28th March, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Grimsby trawler Blackburn Rovers in Bridlington Bay had an injured man on board. There was a fresh north westerly breeze with a moderate...
Jacaranda
Harwich, Essex - At 11.4 a.m. on 28th September, 1969, it was learnt that a yacht was in difficulties 500 yards off the Sunk light vessel.
The crew of the light vessel had floated a line to the yacht and this had been...
Universal Dipper
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire - At 9.40 a.m. on 6th June, 1967, a report was received that the motor fishing vessel Universal Dipper was aground half a mile west of Sker Point. As the vessel was high and dry it was decided to delay the...