LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
H.M. Submarine Universal (3)
FEBRUARY 4TH - 6TH. - ST. DAVID’S AND FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE, AND NEW QUAY, AND ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE.
H.M. submarine Universal was on her way to the breaker’s yard. Late on the night of the 3rd of February her...
O. A. Brodin
MARCH 11TH. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
At 6.10 A.M. a message was receivedfrom the coastguard that the Swedish steamer O. A. Brodin, of Stockholm, had gone ashore north of St. Bees. There was dense fog, with a smooth sea. At...
The Fund Raisers
Air support During a weekend in October BBC Radio Newcastle ran a lifesaver appeal to raise money for the lifeboat service.
Listeners rang in to pledge money or to offer items for a charity auction, and many organisations,...
Category: Articles
Annual Report
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was held at the London Tavern, on Tuesday, the 21st day of March, 1876. His Grace The DUKE of NORTHUMBERLAND, P.O., D.C.L., President of the Institution, being unable to...
Category: Annual Reports
Spenanger
OCTOBER 29TH - 30TH. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. The laden Norwegian tanker Spenanger, of 7,248 tons, bound from Milford to the Clyde with an escort, got off her course and ran on the Carrick Rock, in Port St. Mary Bay. The weather was...
Round the Houses
Frank Kilroy, honorary secretary of Lytham St Annes lifeboat station, goes Round the houses with Sir Charles Macara, who instigated Lifeboat Saturdays in 1891 One hundred years ago this year an event was held which changed the face of...
Category: Articles
Oban Ladies' Guild Organised Its First Raft Race on May 23 Although It Was A
Oban ladies' guild organised its first raft race on May 23. Although it was a chilly Saturday, a large crowd turned out to watch and about £2,500 was raised in sponsorship and other contributions. First place went to—but, of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Douglas Bay To-Day. The Life-Boat House, and, Beyond It, the Fort Anne Hotel
Douglas Bay To-Day The Life-Boat House and Beyond It The Fort Anne Hotel. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Naiad
Swanage, Dorset. — At 2.36 on the afternoon of the 20th of September, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was apparently in distress and fly- ing a signal two and a half miles south- south-east of St. Aldhelm's...
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Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 12.50early on the morning of the 21st of February, 1955, the Medical Officer of Health for Shetland asked if the life-boat would fetch a man from Tingwall, who was suffering from acute appendicitis, as the roads were...