LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Prince of Wales' Day In London
PRINCE OF WALES' DAY throughout Greater London was held on 8th May, and the chief feature of the day, and a great factor in the success of the appeal, was the personal visits which the Prince of Wales paid to depots in the East and South...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Services In March, April and May. 90 Lives Rescued
DURING March life-boats went out on service 52 times and rescued 48 lives.
TO THE HELP OF BARGES IN THE THAMES Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.10 in the morning of the 1st of March, 1949, the look-out at Warden Point reported...
Category: Services
The Crew
30 years, 250 rescues later Tom Robertson, the honorary secretary of the Queensferry lifeboat station, received a presentation of binoculars and a certificate at the annual general meeting of the RNLI in Scotland, for 30 years'...
Category: Articles
Far Left: Mrs Jane Turnbull
Far left: Mrs Jane Turnbull names Ramsgate's new Atlantic 75 Bob Turnbull.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Curved After End of the Tunnel Cant Is Built Up In Position of Agba Laminates Scarphed on to Solid Mahogany for the Straight Run Forward the Building Batten Can Once A
The curved after end of the tunnel cant is built up, in position, of agba laminates scarphed on to solid mahogany for the straight run forward. The building batten can once again be seen at the top of the picture.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tryst
Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 9th of August, 1952, the life-boat mechanic reported that a small sailing yacht appeared to be anchored a quarter of a mile to the east of the harbour entrance and was making signals...
Sea Fury
Hoylake, Cheshire.—At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 8th of April.
1955. the life-boat coxswain reported that he had seen a yacht in Hilbre Swash and thought she would be in a dangerous position if the weather...
Julia
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 16th of June, 1956, a message was received from Valentia radio that the Dutch motor vessel Stientje Mensinga had picked up the small yacht Julia ten miles north-east...
Rahoneen
Girvan, Ayrshire. At six o'cJock on the evening of the llth of September, 1958, the coastguard at Portpatrick told the coxswain that cries for help had been heard by the coastguard at Kildonan. After further enquiries the life-boat...
Prelude
Holyhead, Anglesey - At 4.37 a.m. on 14th October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that workmen from British Rail had reported sighting a red flare, possibly outside the breakwater. At 4.39 the coastguard sighted a white...