LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Annie
SALCOMBE.—On the 16th January, at 2 A.M., the barquentine Annie, of Salcombe, bound from Bahia with a cargo of sugar, struck on Salcombe Bar during stormy weather. The Rescue Life-boat went to her assistance and brought ashore the master and...
Two Fishing Cobles
While the fishing cobles were I out on the 3rd April the S.E. breeze increased and the sea became very heavy. Two cobles nearly foundered i when coming in, and as it was feared that the remainder would come to grief, the Life...
Seamu
RESCUE FROM CABIN CRUISER On the evening of the 18th May, 1963, the cabin cruiser Seamu went aground at the entrance to Blakeney harbour.
The Wells life-boat Cecil Paine was called out and rescued two men aboard the Seamu....
Life-Boat and Life-Saving Exhibition
The old Worthing life-boat at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Japanese Life-Boat Disaster
Six members of the crew of the Japanese life-boat Chuyo Mam lost their lives when the life-boat capsized in heavy seas on the 23rd of May, 1958.
On hearing of the disaster the Institution sent a message expressing its...
Category: Articles
Whitby's 'Codfish'
In connection with the photograph of the codfish collecting box at Whitby, which appeared on page 172 of the October issue of THE LIFE-BOAT, it has been pointed out that the photograph was taken by Mr. A. Greenwood, of York, and that the man...
Category: Articles
John R Atterton
John R. Atterton, MBE, the retiring deputy director, has served the Institution since 1936.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
PICTURE FOR BRANCH
The Swanage branch of the R.N.L.I. has been presented with a large coloured print of David Cobb's painting of the scene off Anvil Point on 22nd October, 1966, when a Norwegian freighter, with survivors from a yacht, met the Swanage...
Category: Branches
Holding Position
Holding position at a safe distance, the crew tackle the raging fire.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Saturday
ALL agree that the past year was one of unusual difficulty for any engaged in charitable enterprise. No good work, whatever its character or scope, can be carried on without money, and to obtain this necessary commodity in a sufficient...
Category: Articles