LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sceptre
Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 4.5 on the afternoon of the 29th of January, 1960, the life-boat /. G. Graves oj Sheffield was launched to the help of the motor boat Sceptre, which was in difficulties in worsening weather con- ditions one mile...
Fishing Vessels
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 5.18 on the morning of the 15th of March, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the local fishing fleet were returning to harbour, and as the weather was becoming...
Hertford and District Branch
Support the RNLI: A red London bus, Routemaster RM5, was lent to the Hertford and district branch as an entry in the Hertford Carnival.
The bus, which is about 25 years old, is the oldest in regular service (route number 29... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Appledore Boathouse Opening
Appledore boathouse opening The official opening and dedication of the Appledore lifeboat house took place on 29 September 2001. Storm Force member Harriet Weatherby Crompton (12) cut the ribbon and officially declared the boathouse open.<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Safety Awards
The RNLI has won a prestigious award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
The gold award was given in recognition of the Institution’s commitment to protecting the health and safety of its...
Category: Articles
Ernest, of Ipswich
The same life-boat was also afloat on the 20th March, during a heavy gale from N.N.E., and was the means of bringing ashore the crew of 4 men of the distressed barge Earnest, of Ipswich, which after- wards stranded inside the...
A Small Drifter
— At 10.15 P.M. on the 14th January the Coastguard informed the Honorary Secretary that a small drifter appeared to be in difficulties about five miles S.E. of Dawlish, so the Life-boat Coxswain remained in readiness for some time at the...
Awards to Honorary Workers: A Correction
IN the list of awards to honorary workers in the last number of the journal, Mrs. F. H. Thornton, who received the record of thanks, was given as the "President of the Huyton Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Liverpool." It should...
Category: Awards
Minerva
On the 25th of December, 1956, the Exmouth and Torbay life-boats put out to the Dutch motor vessel Minerva. In the course of the service William Carder, a member of the Exmouth crew, was washed overboard and lost his life. For a full account...
Autumn Sun
St. Ives, Cornwall. At two o'clock on the morning of the 20th of December, 1958, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a trawler was in distress forty miles north-north-west of St. Ives Head. The life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and...