LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
S.S. Barnhill
AUGUST 13TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
At about 1.30 in the afternoon the Langney Point coastguard telephoned that seven men working on the wreck of the S.S. Barnhill should be taken off at once.
A strong S.W....
Notes of the Quarter By the Editor
'THE Year of the Lifeboat', as 1974 is to be known, will be an occasion for everyone connected with the lifeboat service to feel both pride and humility.
A record of 150 years of voluntary service, as a result of...
Category: Articles
Special Life-Boat Funds
CIVIL SERVICE LIFE-BOAT FUND.
Patron— His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALKS. K.G.
Vice-Patrons— The Most Hon. the MARQUIS OF Ripon, K.O.
The Right Hon. ARTHUR J. BALFOUR,...
Category: Accounts
June
Launches 28 Lives rescued 80
JUNE 7TH. - FENIT, CO. KERRY. At two in the morning a message was received that a motor fishing boat, with five men on board, was adrift in Tralee Bay. A fresh to strong south-west-to-west wind...
Category: Services
A Motor Fishing Boat
On the llth January the motor fishing boat Lee Bay, of Ilfracombe, was in a dan- gerous position under the cliffs in a gale, with a very heavy sea, and the motor life-boat rescued the crew of three.—Rewards, bronze medal, thanks of the...
The Wireless Room
The top picture on the opposite page shows the cabin, with the chart table, and beneath the table a locker containing the cooking stove. The wireless room is on the other side of the partition at the back of the chart... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Danish Auxiliary Schooner
On the 27th of November, 1954, the Newhaven, Sussex, life-boat was launched in a full gale to go to the help of a Danish auxiliary schooner.
The crew of eight were taken off by breeches buoy and...
None (3)
19th October.
A vessel had been reported ashore, but could not be found. One of the life- boatmen was washed overboard, but rescued.—Rewards, Thanks of the In- stitution inscribed on vellum, letters of thanks, and £l...
A Washington Aircraft (2)
On the 26th of January, 1954, six life-boats, those from Barrow, Fleet- wood, Blackpool and Lytham-St.
Annes, Lancashire, and Douglas and Port St. Mary, Isle of Man, searched unsuccessfully for the crew of a Washington...
Announcement
Announcement In this issue of THE LIFE-BOAT is an order form for R.N.L.I. Christmas cards and calendars and on page 175 details of new R.N.L.I. hand-made cuff-links and delectable R.N.L.I.
cook book mainly for the...
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