LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coxswain Sam May, of Southwold
Coxswain Sam May, of South wold.
SAMUEL C. MAY, at one time Coxswain of the Southwold Life-boat, died on 18th. May last after a long illness. He was sixty-three years old, and was appointed Second Coxswain in 1891, seven...
Category: Obituaries
None (24)
FEBRUARY 8TH. - THE HUMBER , YORKSHIRE. A red flash or distress signal had been seen off Withernsea, but nothing could he seen or heard, and after six hours at sea during the night the life-boat returned.
- Permanent paid...
A French Military Seaplane
APRIL 6TH. - ST. HELIER, JERSEY. A French military seaplane had been forced down in the sea, but she was helped by a French fishing boat. Letters of thanks were received from the French Navy and the French Consul-General.-Rewards, £9...
A Ship (3)
NOVEMBER 7TH. - SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX. A ship was sinking near the Nore Light-vessel, but when the life-boat arrived she had sunk. Some of her crew had been rescued by the light-vessel. - Rewards, £7 7s. 9d.
Loss of Memory
THE following story comes from the North of England. Two gentlemen were so convinced that each was accurate in a certain statement that they had a small wager on the result.
Naturally one lost, and our Organising Secretary...
Category: Donations
What's On
THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHING LIFEBOATS
26 January–22 April
Poole Museum, Dorset
Calm Before the Storm: The Art of Photographing Lifeboats celebrates the past and present of the RNLI. Glass plate images of...
Category: Articles
Scotland Community News
Welcome to your community news for Scotland. For all the latest from where you are, head to RNLI.org/news
Photos: The Press and Journal, RNLI/(Buckie, Longhope, Mary Harris)
Local stations mark 50th...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Transporting Carriage. (With Tipping's Wheelplates.)
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
Category: Articles
Valldemosa (1)
OCTOBER 6TH. - PORT ERIN, AND PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. Shortly after two in the morning the Ramsey coastguard informed both life-boat stations that a ship was in distress W.S.W. of the Chicken Rock.
Port Erin was asked...
Isle of lifesavers
Meet the men and women flying the lifesaving flag on the Isle of Man 190 years on ...
Norman Quillin
Ex-Coxswain/Mechanic, Port St Mary<...
Category: Articles