LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Vessel overdue
On Tuesday 24 June, Julie Maskell had just arrived for duty in the RNLI Operations room at Poole. She settled into her chair and hoped for a quiet evening. Moments later, at 6pm, she received a call from Arqiva’s control room. As well as...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Calendar for 1932
As in previous years, the Institution is issuing this autumn a Life-boat Calendar for next year. We feel that there is no better way of keeping the work of the Life-boat Service before the public every day of the year, and we hope that...
Category: Advertisement
Helicopters
In the House of Commons in April the Secretary of State for Defence was asked how many times in the last three years the helicopter then at Manston, Kent, had been used to assist in sea rescue operations, and how many people had been rescued...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Christmas Cards and Calendars
LIFE-BOAT CHRISTMAS CARDS AND CALENDARS FOUR attractive and interesting life-boat Christmas cards are available this year.
A.—A card bearing an illustration reproduced from a painting by Stewart Henry Bell, hanging at Head...
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Mrs Jo Allam
Mrs Jo Allam, 'the lifeboat lady' of Weston-super-Mare, has made the lifeboat service her life for the past 27 years. Her husband, in the Merchant Service, was one of 41 men lost when ss Samtampa was driven ashore on rocks off Sker... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Beach Out Of Reach
A beach out of reach Even strong swimmers can be caught out, struggling in sight of land. Carol Waterkeyn reports Sunday 3 June 2007 was a memorable day for all the wrong reasons. A family holiday nearly turned into a disaster when Carolyne...
Category: Articles
H.M.S. Vortigern (1)
MARCH 15TH. - CROMER, AND SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. On the night of the 14th March and in the morning of the 15th, a convoy was attacked by enemy E-boats.
The E-boats in turn were attacked by destroyers and by H.M.S. Vortigern,...
M. Silas's Inextinguishable Marine Lights
A LIGHT of a novel character, which, from the circumstance of its being inextinguishable by water, bids fair to be a valuable acquisition, has been recently introduced and patented by M. Silas, a French gentleman, who has lately been...
Category: Articles
Some Ways of Raising Money
Four years ago two Buckie golf clubs, Buckpool and Strathlene, combined to run an annual open golf men's tournament in aid of the RNLI. It is held in alternate years at each club. In 1975 a tournament for ladies was started to be played...
Category: Donations
Flying Fish, of Whitby
on 10th Nov., saved 5 men from the brig Flying Fish, of Whitby;.