LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (80)
OCTOBER 30TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
At 6.49 A.M. the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea about two miles east of Sheringham, and a few minutes later the coastguard rang up again to say that he...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
SOUTHPORT, LANCASHIRE.—The Life- boat on this station was rapidly becoming unfit for further service, and it has there- fore been replaced by a new 10-oared boat, 34 feet long, and 8J feet wide. The legacy of 5001. bequeathed to the...
Category: Articles
Druid, of Aberystwith
On the 9th Oc- tober, 1860, the schooner Druid, of Aber- ystwith, was driven ashore on Bideford bar. The Appledore life-boat, belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, was quickly launched through & high surf, and...
Water Lily
On the 11th February the schooner Water Lily, of Pwllheli, dragged her anchors in Darby Haven, in a heavy gale from the N.W., and sprang a leak. A signal of distress being hoisted, the Castletown life-boat was sent for, and proceeded to her,...
EVACUATION IN FORCE 8 GALE
CLIFDEN | 15 NOVEMBER
When a woman from Inishbofin Island suffered severe abdominal pain, she needed to reach medical help fast. Clifden RNLI volunteers responded in the early hours of the morning, launching into a force 8 gale, a...
Category: Services
Henry Blogg Centenary Exhibition
Born on February 6, 1876, Henry Blogg served in Cromer crew from 1894 and was coxswain from 1909 to 1947, through two world wars. He was awarded three gold medals for gallantry and four silver Five Cromer lifeboatmen who were in the crew...
Category: Articles
Strength and depth
In the English Channel, there are breaking swells higher than houses. Shrieking winds whip up a storm of snow, sleet and spray. Amidst it all, a huge cargo ship named Bonita, with 36 people onboard, has rolled onto her side....
Category: Articles
Annual Report. 1900
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at St. Martin's Town Hall, Charing Cross Road, on Wednesday, the 14th day of March, 1900, His Grace The DUKE OF DEVON- SHIRE, K.G., Lord President of the...
Category: Annual Reports
Obituary. Sir John Cameron Lamb
IT is with profound regret that we have to record the death, on the 30th March, of Sir John Cameron Lamb, C.B., C.M.G., V.P., the late Deputy-Chairman of the Institution. At the annual meeting in 1914 the Chairman, Lord Selborne, referred to...
Category: Obituaries
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Red flag rescue The red flag was flying, there were constant loudspeaker announcements, and safety signs alerted people to the dangers. Despite these warnings, people were still in the waterSwimmers near Bournemouth pier were in danger of...