LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

DEC. 27TH. - RAMSGATE, AND WALMER, KENT. At 9 A.M. a message was received from the Ramsgate coastguard that the S.S. Kentwood, of London, was sink-ing rapidly in the north Downs, and that her captain was trying to beach her. The Ramsgate...

DECEMBER MEETING DUNGENESS, KENT. About 11.30 in the morning of the 26th September, 1940, an R.A.F. pilot baled out from his aeroplane and came down in the sea five miles S.W.

by W. of Galloways. The weather was moderate....

To DAVID BLACK, on his retirement, after serving 14 years as Bowman and 2 1/2 years as Second Coxswain of the Crail Life-boat, a Pension.

To WALTER POWER, on his retirement, after serving 29 years as Coxswain of the...

WITH THE TIME APPROACHING when the RNLI's 46ft 9in and 47ft Watson class housed lifeboats will reach the end of their station lives, preparations have been going ahead over the past few years for their replacement by a new fast slipway...

Co-operativ neralcare Funeral Pre-Payment Plan from Co-operative Funeralcare It's always a good idea to plan ahead and with a Funeral Pre-Payment Plan from Co-operative Funeralcare, you can do just that. There are three funeral packages...

'Sometimes, with other charities, you don't know where your money is going. With the RNLI, 1 know exactly what is happening and where/ Phyl Cleare, lifeboat donorTrust and confidence are essential when companies are persuading the...

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patron—ibis Most ©racious fl&ajestg tbe Chairman— COLONEL SIR FITZROY CLAYTON, K.C.V.O., V.P.

Deputy Chairman— SIR JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., C.H.G...

At 2.15 A.M. on the 20th February, during a strong N.N.W. gale and very heavy surf, the Life-boat Maude Pickup was launched to a vessel in distress off Uossall Point. She proceeded—a tug towing her part of the way—in the face of the gale...