LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Duke of Lancaster
DEC. 10TH. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.
At 8.30 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the S.S. Duke of Lancaster, of Barrow, anchored about three miles N.E. of Ramsey, required a doctor to attend to an injured man...
Services of the Life-Boats In January, February and March. 15 Lives Rescued
JANUARY DURING January life-boats were launched on service 30 times but rescued no lives.
FIREMEN TAKEN TO BELGIAN TRAWLER Selsey, Sussex. At 8.20 on the morn- ing of 4th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary...
Category: Services
Rhs Awards:
RHS awards: as well as letters of thanks from the RNLI, three Southend lifeboatmen were presented with awards from the Royal Humane Society after they rescued an 84-year-old man who fell from Southend Pier in November 1984. They saved his... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Deutsche Gesellschaft Zur Rettung Schiffbruchiger. Or, German Society for Saving Lives from Shipwreck
As the means provided in other countries for saving lives from shipwreck cannot fail to be interesting to a large number of our readers, we have much satisfaction in placing before them the following account of the Society which has under-...
Category: Articles
Summary of a Meeting of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 9th November, 1939.
Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.
Resolved that the Finance Committee be re-named "Finance and General Purposes Committee." Paid £27,617 Is. 7d. for the...
Category: Committee
Whitstable: on Saturday July 9 a New Atlantic 21 Rigid Inflatable Lifeboat Was Handed Over By Mr and Mrs Todd of the British Sub Aqua
Whitstable: On Saturday July 9 a new Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat was handed over by Mr and Mrs Todd of the British Sub Aqua Club to Raymond Baxter, a member of the Committee of Management, who, in turn, handed her over to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Three of a Kind
West Kirby's D class, Thomas Jefferson, and Hoylake's Mersey, Lady of Hilbre, joined New Brighton's Atlantic, Rock Light, and sailed in formation past The Magazines, site of the earliest RNLI station on the Wirral and also where... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
"The Padstow Centenary": An Addition. The Silver Medallists of the Station
An article on the Padstow Station, which last year celebrated its Centenary, appeared in the Life-boat for last November, and particulars were given of the Medals which had been won by Padstow Life-boatmen. Several Medals have to be added to...
Category: Medals
Taking the wheel
‘Being able to do something for someone – giving them that extra chance – you just feel pleased that you’ve done it,’ says Jennie Court, before our interview is brought to a sudden halt. We’re interrupted by the shrill ringing of a bell from...
Category: Articles
A Roam Through the Annual Report
The Annual Report of the Institution for 1929 will be issued shortly after the Annual Meeting of the Governors on 11th April, and we publish the following article in the hope that many of those who have in the past considered the Annual...
Category: Annual Reports