LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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FOOD TO A SNOW-BOUND TOWN St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—Bv the 8th of March, 1947, the roads to St.
David's had been impassable for three days owing to heavy falls of snow, and food was getting short there. A...
Beowulf
The RNLI has been asking some of those who have been on the receiving end of a lifeboat service to complete a questionnaire giving the details as seen from their viewpoint.
The scheme is completely voluntary, but a large...
Marks New Brighton Lifeboat
Confused? All those in lifejackets in this picture are not lifeboatmen—in fact, it is quite obvious that they are not even men. They are some of the staff of the Liscard, Wallasey, branch of Marks and Spencer who have helped to raise £1... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Sailing Dinghy (2)
Selsey, Sussex - At 6.12 p.m. on 29th May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht three-quarters of a mile west of Bognor pier was signalling for help. The life-boat Canadian Pacific launched at 6.24 in a...
Your Letters
Long lost Barometer I have a small item in my possession which may be of interest to someone, somewhere.
Towards the end of the 1950s, I was on holiday in Folkestone, Kent and picked up, half buried in the shingle, what...
Category: Correspondence
Ira
Caister, Norfolk. At 7.40 p.m. on 12th February, 1966, one of the life-boat shore helpers had heard a distress call from the trawler Ira of Lowestoft stating that the trawler was aground five miles south-east of Haisbro' lighthouse, and...
Centenary at New Brighton
A centenary vellum has been awarded to the life-boat station at New Brighton, Cheshire. The station was established by the Institution in 1863 after a meeting had been held in Liverpool the previous year, when it was stated that a life-boat...
Category: Articles
Ocean Queen
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 10.15 on the night of the 16th of July, 1959, the owner of the fishing vessel Ocean Queen told the honorary secretary that his vessel, which had a crew of two, was in difficulties four and a half miles north-...
Lady Launcher Passes Away
Lady launcher passes away It is with sadness that the Lifeboat reports the passing away of Dungeness ‘lady launcher’ Doris Tart (pictured above, front) on 30 April at Ashford’s William Harvey Hospital, aged 85.
Doris lived...
Category: Articles
Sea Knight
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 11.40 on the morning of the 7th of April, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a wireless message had been received from the Norwegian tanker Sigurdrinde that a yacht had been taken in tow...