LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Letters
Re-count . . .
In a branch house-to-house collection two boxes may, rarely, be found to contain the same amount when opened, but how about this ? Two collectors worked on the opposite side of each road in their area,...
Category: Correspondence
The S.S. Zor
On the 18th-19th of May, 1955, the Wells and Sheringham life-boats be- tween them rescued nine men from the S.S. Zor. For a full account of these services, for which the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum were accorded to Coxswain...
The S.S. Zor (1)
On the 18th-19th of May, 1955, the Wells and Sheringham life-boats be- tween them rescued nine men from the S.S. Zor. For a full account of these services, for which the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum were accorded to Coxswain...
Above: Nick Petch Searches For The Missing Family
Above: Nick Petch searches for the missing family, and Scarborough crew search through the storm Photo: Tony Bartholomew. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Friday, 11th January, 1919.
Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., V.P., in the Chair.
Reported the receipt of the following special contributions:— CIVIL SERVICE LIFE-BOAT FUND £. s. d.
(per W...
Category: Committee
Awards to St. Ives for the Service to the Alba
By a strange coincide the Hungarian Minister in London was notified by his government on the day of the disaster at St. Ives of the awards which it had made to St. Ives for the service to the Alba in January, 1938. Though the Alba was...
Category: Awards
Royal Helmsman:
Royal helmsman: Prince Michael ( Kent aboard Huv/ini; Island's Atlantic 21 lifeboat. The Prince had e presseil n wish (f nM&r a private visit to a lifeboat station and in May his wish wax fulfilled -lien Selsey'.s 47fl Tyne... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
United States Coast Guard: a Glimpse By Trevor Ramsden Station Administrative Officer Padstow
THE SIGHT AND SMELL of bacon and hash browns at 90 degrees in the shade was a bit overpowering as a greeting to Grand Haven Coast Guard Station. A sympathetically smiling cook soon corrected my mistaken entrance and directed me to the...
Category: Articles
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Galway Bay. At 10.50 p.m. on i ith August, 1965, the local doctor asked for use of the life-boat to take an elderly man to the mainland for hospital treatment. As no other boat was available, the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson left her...
The Life-Boat
BEEN out in the Life-boat often ? Ay, ay, sir, oft enough.
When it's rougher than this? Lor" bless you! this ain't what we calls rough; It's when there's a gale a-blowin', and the waves run in and...
Category: Poetry