LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mizpah
Montrose, Angus.—About 5.20 in the evening, on the 5th of June, 1950, the Usan coastguard telephoned that the local motor fishing vessel Mizpah was overdue. At 5.35 the life-boat The Good Hope was launched, in charge of the second coxswain,...
Fishing Boats (1)
Sherlngham, Norfolk.—On the morn- ing of the 8th of June, 1956, the local fishing boats were at sea and the weather was deteriorating. At 10.10 the life-boat Foresters Centenary was launched in a rough sea, with a strong northerly wind...
Uncle George
ENGINE DIFFICULTIES At 5 p.m. on 30th August, 1964, the watchman on the east pier told the coxswain that a motor launch had broken down in the smooth seas just off the Quern buoy. At 5.10 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out into a...
Trustful
Ramsgate, Kent. At 9.38 p.m. on iyth April, 1965, the east pier watchman informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen off the Quern buoy.
The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis proceeded at 9.45 in a strong...
Westward
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.24 on the after- noon of the 29th of September, 1957, the east pier watchman reported that a yacht was aground on Brake Sands and was signalling for help. At 1.35 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out in a slight...
Tricia
Barmouth, Merionethshire - At 3.45 p.m. on 6th June, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a distress signal had been received from a boat two miles north west of Barmouth. At 4.3 the lifeboat The Chieftain was launched. The...
Pioneer
APRIL 1ST. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.
The motor-boat Pioneer left at 1.30 in the afternoon for Coquet Island to exchange lighthouse keepers. There was a dense fog. The Pioneer had not returned at five o’clock and was then two...
Increased Rewards for Life-Boat Services
IN accordance with the policy laid down by the Committee of Management some time ago, the scale of' Rewards given to the Coxswains and Crews of Life-boats for going afloat to save life has again been raised, the higher Rewards taking...
Category: Articles
An Indian Applicant
THE Institution has had a letter from a consulting engineer in Travancore- Cochin, India, asking to be told how he "can get selected as a life-boatman in the Royal National Life-boat Insti- tution in England." He is, he says, a ...
Category: Correspondence
Portrait of a Coxswain
THE photograph shows Coxswain Gordon Bellamy, of Llandudno, Caernar- vonshire. He was appointed bowman in July, 1958, and became second cox- swain in November, 1960. He has been coxswain of the Llandudno life-boat since January, 1961, and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs