LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Governor.
Mr. ARTHUR E. HEAZELL, honorary secretary of the Nottingham and District branch, has been elected an honorary life-governor of the Institution in recognition of the valuable help which he has given...
Category: Awards
Fife's Own
The motor fishing boat Fife's Own put to sea on the night of the 16th July for long line fishing. The weather changed, and by noon next day a strong N.N.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and rain.
A watch was kept...
Twin Brothers
Dunbar, East Lothian.—About three o'clock on the afternoon of the 13th of August, 1956, a message was re- ceived that a fishing vessel, Twin Brothers, with a crew of three, was overdue. The life-boat George and Sarah Strachan put out at...
Philomena
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 4.58 on the afternoon of the 2nd of August, 1957, the coastguard told the coxswain that a dinghy had capsized two hundred yards off shore opposite the Grand Hotel at Frinton. The life- boat Edian Courtauld put...
Two of a Set of Cavan Crystal Gaelic Coffee (Or Wine) Glasses Each Glass Carries a Different Rnli Decoration Price £350 from Rnli Dublin Office (10 Merrion Square) Or
Two of a set of Cavan Crystal Gaelic coffee (or wine) glasses. Each glass carries a different RNLI decoration. Price £3.50 from RNLI Dublin Office (10 Merrion Square), or from our shop at Bell Parade, Glebe Way, West Wickham, Kent... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gold Mist (1)
Dover, Kent.—At 1.20 on the after- noon of the 26th of July, 1957, the Sand- gate coastguard telephoned that the yacht Gold Mist, of Newhaven, appeared to be making little progress in heavy weather two and a half miles south of Copt Point....
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JUNE 18TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
During the morning four men were cut off by the tide under the Seven Sisters Cliffs, near Seaford. One of them swam to Cuckmere.
There the police informed the Newhaven...
Lifesaving evolution
While our lifesaving purpose has always stayed the same, our rescue map has constantly evolved since 1824 – so what are the latest developments around the coast?
We have 235 established...
Category: Articles
St. Joseph
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 3.35 in the afternoon on the 4th of November, 1949, a fishing vessel at the north end of the bay was seen to be flying a distress signal. The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched at 3.42 in a rough...
Open Fishing-Boats
BsrDLINGTOH, YOBKSUXBB. About 10 P.M. on the loth October a gale of wind from the S. sprang up, and there being at sea five open fishing-boats, belonging to the port, which in consequence of the heavy sea could not make the harbour without...