LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Delphic Eagle, of Monrovia
At 8.45 p.m. on 13th June, 1968, the coxswain learnt that a sick man aboard the m.v. Delphic Eagle, at anchor in Bull anchorage, needed medical assistance. The life-boat City of Bradford HI, with a doctor on board, was launched at 9.20 in a...
Mrs. Robert Carpenter, Brighton
Mrs. Robert Carpenter, who died on 24th April of this year, was one of the founders of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild of Brighton and Hove in 1921, and was its first honorary secretary and treasurer. She held that post until 1930, when ill...
Category: Obituaries
Mary
ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—On the morning of the 20th July, the pilot-cutter Mary, of Bristol, was seen riding in a dangerous position, while a strong gale was blowing from the N. accompanied by a heavy sea.
Every movement of...
A Welcome at Bembridge Lifeboat Station for Nigel Foster Who Raised £350 for Bembridge
A welcome at Bembridge lifeboat station for Nigel Foster who raised £350 for Bembridge ladies' guild in the London Marathon. The cheque was received by Mrs S. Snelling, guild president. With them are (I to r front centre) Mrs D.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Three Facts.
The life-boat service has never, in its whole history, had so busy and so dangerous a time as since the outbreak of war.
The life-boat service has never been more generously supported by the people of Great Britain than...
Category: Articles
Star
MABLETHORPE, LINCOLNSHIRE. — The Life-boat Hey wood was launched at 11 P.M.
on the 20th February, during a strong gale of wind from the S.E., and a rough sea, signals of distress having been shown by the barge Star, of...
Pointer in a cliff plunge
4 February: Dart inshore lifeboat came to the aid of a German Shorthaired Pointer called Tom after he fell 25m onto a rocky ledge at the foot of cliffs. When the crew arrived, the dog tried to come to them but...
Category: Articles
A Vessel (10)
Nov. 23RD. - MARGATE, KENT. A message had been received from the coastguard that a vessel was sinking four miles east of the Tongue Light-vessel. The life-boat was launched at 4.15 P.M. When she reached the position given she could see a...
Three Fishing Cobles
On the 3rd November, the Scarborough life-boat put off three times and brought safely into port three fishing cobles and their *crews, consisting of 9 men, during a strong N.N.W. wind and a heavy sea. The cobles were re- turning from their...
Noel II, Venus, Galillee, Pilot Me and Success
Whitby, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 15th November, 1937, the local motor fishing boats Noel II, Venus, Galillee, Pilot Me and Success were caught at sea by bad weather.
When they were seen approaching harbour the...