LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Contest, of Guernsey
The Manky Wood life-boat at Poole rescued the crew of 10 men and 36 labourers from the brig Contest, of Guernsey, which was wrecked on the Hook Sand at the entrance of Poole Harbour ......
Thetis of Gothenburg
On the 18th November, the Licensed Victualler life-boat put off, during a strong wind and hazy weather, and rescued from their boat the crew of 16 men belonging to the barque Thetis, of Gothenburg, which had gone on the Woolpack Sand, about...
Woolgast
On the 29th Decem- ber, the brig Wodgast, of Woolgast, Prussia, was observed in distress near the South Scarr Rocks, during stormy weather. The Caroline life-boat was quickly launched, and succeeded in getting the vessel out of her perilous...
Life-Boat Essay Competition
The Mayor of Gosport presenting the Challenge Shield for the South-West of England to Miss Barbara Bull, of Lees Girls' School, Gosport, who won the prize for the best essay in Great Britain and Ireland.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
South-Western District Conference
A CONFERENCE of branches and guilds from seven counties in the South West of England—Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire, Dorset, Berkshire, Oxford- shire and East Somerset—was held at Southampton on the 13th June,...
Category: Meetings
Esterel
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—On the 14th October, 1939, the motor life-boat E.M.E.D. rescued three lives from the barge Esterel, of London.—Rewards: silver and bronze medals, vellums, and £37 16s.
(A full account was...
A Seahawk Aircraft (1)
Buckle, Whitehills, Banffshire; and Cromarty, Cromartyshire. —• At one o'clock on the morning of the 5th of September, 1956, the Peterhead coastguard telephoned that a Sea- hawk aircraft wras missing on a flight from Lossiemouth. The...
Brighton Naming
Radio and television commentator Brian Johnston and his wife visited Brighton to name the local inshore life-boat the St. Marylebone Dolphin. Mrs. Johnston is chairman of the St.
Marylebone life-boat branch which raised the...
Category: Inaugurations
Massive Response to 'Blue Peter' Appeal
Potential buyers sift through some of the enormous number of lots at the second 'Blue Peter Pieces of Eight' auction at Ringwood. Some idea of the immense quantity still to be sold can be gained from the parcels stacked on the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston
Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a vicepresident of the RNLI, receives the final instalment in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary's £140,000 appeal towards the provision of a new lifeboat, RFA Sir Galahad, from the RFA'i former Chief... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs