LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Miss Ali Jane
Salvor rescued ON THE MORNING of Friday March 22, 1985, St David's 47ft Watson class lifeboat, Joseph Soar (Civil Service No 34), launched at 1022 following a report that a 40ft fishing vessel, Miss AH Jane, had lost power and was close...
Mrs A.E. Mason,
OCTOBER 1992 Mrs A.E. Mason, donor of the Rother class lifeboat The Davys Family which was stationed at Shoreham Harbour from 1981 to 1986 and is currently serving in the relief fleet..
Category: Obituaries
Members of Prestatyn Swimming Club Gather Round John Owen President of Rhyl Branch for the Presentation of a Cheque for £15050 to Go Into the Asa Rnli Intern
Members of Prestatyn swimming club gather round John Owen, president of Rhyl branch, for the presentation of a cheque for £150.50 to go into the ASA RNLI international sponsored swim fund.
photograph by courtesy of Ian... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lady Ann, of Derby
LADY AXN, J.P., of Derby, who died on 17th January, at the age of eighty, had been a very great friend of the life-boat service for many years. She started her work for it in 1898, in the days of the Life-boat Saturday Fund, and in 1911,...
Category: Obituaries
Joan Manning District Organising Secretary (Midland Shires) Was at Worcester to Meet Two Other Adventurers Adam Chinery and Graham Pocock As They Reached the En
Joan Manning, district organising secretary (Midland Shires), was at Worcester to meet two other adventurers, Adam Chinery and Graham Pocock, as they reached the end of a 100-mile sponsored canoe paddle from Welshpool. Adam and Graham,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ann
Rhyl, Flintshire.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 3()th of September, 1956, the coastguard reported that the yacht Ann, of Rhyl, was in difficulties with engine trouble one mile and a half north of Rhyl pier. At 12.50 the life-boat...
Ann
Margate, Kent - At 5.37 p.m. on i3th August, 1966, a small yacht was reported aground about five miles north west of Margate and her crew were flashing a light. The life-boat Elizabeth Elson, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at...
Looking fore and aft
What’s it like to take a lifeboat through stormy seas while saving supporters from the muddy waters of legalese? Solicitor and former Coxswain John Stewart explains
‘I’m adjusting well but want to get used to being away...
Category: Articles