LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Rosso, of Stockholm
Montrose, and Broughty Ferry, Angus, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, and Gourdon,Kincardineshire.—At 4.52 in the after- noon of the 7th of March, 1952, the S.S. Rosso, of Stockholm, bound for Sweden from Methie, wirelessed that she was leaking...
Lifeboat Away ! It Was the Roughest Weather In Which the Dungeness Boat Has Ever Been Launched Photographs By Courtesy of G T Paine
Lifeboat away ! It was the roughest weather in which the Dungeness boat has ever been launched.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Treatment of the Apparently Drowned
As it is considered that the cause of Science would be greatly benefited if the results of the Treatment in eases of Apparently Drowned Persons were col- lected for comparison and future consideration, it is requested that Answers to the...
Category: Articles
(Top) Malcolm Grant (Centre Left), the Winner of the Volvo In the RNLI's 60th National Lottery
(Top) Malcolm Grant (centre left), the winner of the Volvo in the RNLI's 60th national lottery with his wife Margaret (centre right) at the handing over ceremony in Cardiff. Photo Barry Webb (Above) Comedian Billy Burden draws the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Rescue of Two Dogs
ON 22nd March last, two dogs were rescued from drowning by the Coxswain of the Hoylake Life-boat and a Coast- guard Officer. The dogs were a spaniel and a terrier. They had run on to a sandbank and remained there until cut off by the tide....
Category: Articles
At the Sharp End
PUMP FLOATED ACROSS TO LEAKING CASUALTY IN STORM FORCE WINDS Five saved in 12-hour service to sinking trawler Number North Division Number's Arun class Kenneth Thelwall was away from her station for 12 hours in winds up to Force 10 when...
Category: Services
The S.S. Sharpsburg, of Philadelphia
FEBRUARY 14TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 1.55 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a life-boat was required by a tanker on fire between Ql and Q2 Buoys in the Queen’s Channel. A light northerly wind was blowing with a slight...
Thirteen 'Out of the Hat'
IT WAS QUIPS AND LAUGHTER all the way when Paul Daniels, comedian and conjuror, drew the winning tickets for the RNLI's ninth national lottery at Poole HQ on Thursday July 31. The draw was supervised by Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a...
Category: Articles
Knaresborough Ladies' Guild By Kind Permission of Their Chairman Mrs Mary Thornton and Her Husband Tony Held a Most Successful Gymkhana on Sunday May 8 At
Knaresborough ladies' guild, by kind permission of their chairman, Mrs Mary Thornton and her husband Tony, held a most successful gymkhana on Sunday, May 8, at Gibbet Farm which raised £563 for the lifeboat service. The guild's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Annual Meeting
THE annual meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 24th of April, 1952, with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Com- mittee of Management, in the chair.
H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Presi- dent of the...
Category: Meetings