LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Surprise
On the 10th June the fishing lugger Surprise, of Lowestoft, which had put to sea the previous day, had not returned, and, as there was a moderate S.W. gale blowing with a rough sea, it was considered advisable to make a search for...
Birthday honours
Many of the emergencies that our London lifeboat crews are called to involve immediate risk of drowning, so their 40-knot E class lifeboats are essential.
Now an RNLI engineer has been recognised with an MBE for her role...
Category: Articles
Mrs. Allchorn on Her 100th Birthday
Reading a telegram of congratulation from the King.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Angle Life-Boat Launched on Exercise
Angle Life-Boat Launched On Exercise. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Marie Celine
Shortly after 5.30 A.M. on the 23rd July, the Coxswain had his attention called to a schooner which since daybreak had shown signs of being unmanageable, and as a strong S.S.W.
gale was blowing with a heavy sea run- ning,...
A Fishing Boat
EXMOUTH.—At noon on the 13th December a mounted messenger came from Budleigh Salterton and reported a fishing boat in great danger about three miles east of Exmouth. The Victoria Life-boat was speedily launched, and proceeded to the boat,...
French Life-Boat Returns
In April, less than a month before the war ended, a French lifeboat which had served on the British coast for nearly four years, was returned to the French Service. She was the "Jean Charcot" of lie Molene, on the coast of Brittany...
Category: Articles
Svadsfare
On the 22nd October, at 3 P.M., signals of distress were observed at this station from the Swedish barque Svadsfare, and the Life-boat Harriott Forteath having boarded her, the crew were engaged to carry the disabled vessel into port, which,...
Fishing Boats
Filey, Yorkshire.—At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 25th of October, 1954, the life-boat motor mechanic reported that a strong westerly wind was blowing and there was a heavy swell. Local fishing boats were at sea, and at 11.34 the...
Trains of Thought
On 23 April 1994 the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Association ran a special train, The Lifeboat Express, in aid of RNLI funds.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs