LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ringwood
At about 4 o'clock on the morning of the 31st December, a steamer was observed on shore north of Staithes. The rocket brigade were summoned, but it was found that the vessel was too far distant for the rockets to reach her, and the...
Hyperion
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 7.50 A.M.
on the 17th March, 1939, the life-boat coxswain noticed that the local motor fishing boat Hyperion, which was making for harbour, did not dare attempt to get in. A strong N.E. gale was...
Coxswain D. J. Lewis of St. David's Receives the Bronze Medal
Coxswain D J Lewis of St David's Receives The Bronze Medal. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Stained-Glass Window In the Church of St. George the Martyr, Deal
(See page 232). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pigganin
Swanage, Dorset - At 11.13 a.m. on 14th October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a white yacht was in difficulties with a broken rudder 15 miles off Anvil point. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 11.32 in a...
War Honours
IT is with great satisfaction that we record the fact that two old employees of the Institution have received distinction for good work in the field.
LIEUTENANT H. G. SPARY, who was a clerk in the Midland District Office,...
Category: Awards
Bronwin
Hastings, Sussex. Thirty minutes after midnight on 8th September, 1965, a red flare was sighted two miles south of the Fairlight coastguard lookout. There was a strong south-westerly breeze with a moderate sea and an ebbing tide. The...
An Outboard Engine Being Tank-Tested.
An outboard engine being tank-tested.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Trent
The Trent class lifeboat is designed to lie afloat either at deep water moorings or at a berth.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Jessomene
The Caister No. 1 Life-boat Covenl Garden rendered valuable assistance to the ship Jessomene, of Liverpool, on the 21st January.
The vessel, whilst bound from South Shields to California with a general cargo, got in...