LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Annual Report. 1903
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Royal United Service Institution, "Whitehall, on Thursday, the 5th day of March, 1903, His Grace the DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, K.G., in the Chair, the...
Category: Annual Reports
Bed Month Success
During national bed month, David Phipp house furnisher of Ferndown in Dorset, chose to support the RNLI by donating £10 for every bed purchased in March.
At the end of the promotion Ronny Spurr, treasurer of Ferndown... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Emerald Isle
LYTHAM. — On the 22 nd September, during a 8. gale with thick rain squalls, a vessel was observed ashore on Salthouse Bank, and showing signals of distress.
The Life-boat was launched, and on arriving alongside found that...
Rally
Selsey, Sussex.—The motor life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched at 2 P.M.
on the 20th April, as the coastguard had telephoned that two fishing boats were at sea. A south gale was blowing, with a choppy sea. One boat came...
G. V. H.
Cr0mer, Norfolk.—The motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 7.20 A.M.
on the 30th May, 1938, after information had been receired from the coast-guard that the fishing boat G. V. H., of Great Yarmouth, was in...
Oceanic
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 6.27 A.M. on the 16th September, 1938, the coastguard telephoned that the Brake Light-vessel had reported that the barge Oceanic, which was near her, had a man on board dangerously ill, and that the skipper wanted to get...
Skipjack
Ramsgate, Kent.—At six o'clock on the evening of the 25th of October, 1956, a message was received from the east pier that red flares had been seen two miles east of Ramsgate and that the local motor boat Skipjack.
with...
John & Stephen
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—At 4.10 on the afternoon of the 14th of October, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat about one mile off Breill Nook was showing a distress signal and appeared to have broken down. At 4.25 the life-boat...
A Rowing Boat and Red Robin
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 2.8 on the afternoon of the 26th of June, 1956, the Foreland coastguard telephoned that a small rowing boat appeared to be in difficulties off Yaveiiand Fort.
At 2.22 the life-boat Jesse Lumb...
Erin
On the night of the 15th October, the Coxswain received a message that a boat in Arklow Bay was making signals of distress. A strong N.W. gale was blowing with a choppy sea, and rain showers. The Motor Life-boat John Taylor Cardwell was...