LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lady Francis Osborne
LADY FRANCIS OSBORNE, who died on the 13th of March at the age of 87, was an honorary life governor of the Institution. This is the highest honour which the Institution can confer on a voluntary worker.
Lady Francis Osborne...
Category: Obituaries
A Motor Cruiser
TOWED TO GORLESTON Culler-coats, Northumberland. At 7.15 p.m. on lyth November, 1963, a message was received from the coastguard by the new Cullercoats life-boat, the Sir James Knott, whilst on passage to her station from Cowes, Isle of...
Afternoon: Shoreline Member No I Sir Alec Rose (R) Hands Over to Major-General Ralph Farrant Chairman of the Committee of Management a Rather-Shaped Che
Afternoon: Shoreline member No. I , Sir Alec Rose (r.) hands over to Major-General Ralph Farrant, chairman of the Committee of Management, a Rather-shaped cheque for £101,000, the result of the Shoreline appeal which will go towards the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Horton and Port Eynon Lifeboat Under the Direction of Reg James (I)
Burrows Caravan Site at Morton on the Cower Peninsula has, for several years, held a sports day in aid o/Horton and Port Eynon lifeboat. Under the direction of Reg James (I), a paraplegic, and his helpers, the event raises over £500... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Aberdovey's Lifeboat Named
Aberdovey's lifeboat named Aberdovey's Atlantic 75 lifeboat was officially named on Saturday, 16 October at the lifeboat station. The new lifeboat has been generously funded by an appeal to the people of Sandwell in the West Midlands... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fastnet Challenge
In October Raymond Hirst, secretary of Morecarnbe and Heysham branch, completed the Fastnet Challenge aboard Team Spirit, one of Sir Chay Blyth's 67' classic challenge round-the-world ocean racing yachts.
As a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (28)
JULY 21ST. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
During the evening of the 20th the life-boat crew were assembled as an aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the call was cancelled. Later flashes were reported and the...
The right direction
New Quay’s Mersey and D class lifeboats were requested to launch at 3.45pm on 1 February after reports that a parachutist, jumping from 150m cliffs, had crashed.
The lifeboats searched the area between the Old Lookout and...
Category: Articles
Keeping Watch
Portsmouth lifeboat volunteers Peter Slidel and Tina Parkinson were going about their daily lives on 27 February when a drama started to unfold before them.
Peter says: ‘I was enjoying a coffee at Tina’s burger van when I...
Category: Articles
Starling, of Yarmouth
Numerous vessels were at anchor under Speeton Cliffs on the 5th Feb., when a gale of wind sprang up from the S.S.E., accompanied by a very heavy sea, and one of them, the schooner Starling, of Yarmouth, was seen approach- ing Filey with...