LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Speed Boat (1)
OVERTURNED SPEEDBOAT Sheringham, Norfolk. At 3.15 p.m.
on 20th June, 1965, the life-boat The Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows was returning to her station after a publicity launch when one of the crew saw an overturned...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 5th February, 1885.
EDWARD BIRKBECK, Esq., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward...
Category: Committee
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To JOHN McNp.iL, on his retirement, after serving for 1 year as coxswain, 8J years as second coxswain and 6J years as bowman of the Barra Island life-boat, a coxswain's certificate of service and an annuity.
To THOMAS...
Category: Awards
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To DAVID Mum, on his retirement, after serving 22 years as Coxswain, 7 years as Second Coxswain and 5 years as Bowman of the Girvan Life-boat, a Certificate of Service and a Pension.
To JOHN WM. PARKINSON, on his retirement...
Category: Awards
The Southport and St. Anne's Disaster
DECEMBER 9th of last year was the fiftieth anniversary of the great disaster on the Lancashire coast when the life-boats at Southport and St. Anne's were both capsized, with the loss of 27 lives, in an attempt to rescue the crew of the...
Category: Articles
Awards for Selsey and Sheringham Coxswains
COXSWAIN DOUGLAS GRANT, of Selsey, and Coxswain Henry West, of Sheringham, have become the first two members of life-boat crews to receive gifts from the James Michael Bower Endowment Fund.
This fund was established in 1955...
Category: Awards
Friends, Provide Us and Serene (2)
Cobles escorted in gale THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Flamborough lifeboat station was told by HM Coastguard at 1010 on Saturday October 15, 1983, that a number of Bridlington based open angling cobles were fishing north of Flamborough Head in...
Life-Boat Christmas Cards and Calendars
LIFE-BOAT CHRISTMAS CARDS AND CALENDARS FOUR attractive and interesting life-boat Christmas cards are available this year.
A.—A card bearing an illustration reproduced from a painting by Stewart Henry Bell, hanging at Head...
Category: Advertisement
The Arun and Fab 3 (Left)
Almost every aspect of boat design is linked. A larger lifeboat, like the Arun or new FAB prototypes, needs a cut-away section amidships to bring the deck close enough to the water to recover survivors. This cut-away section removes volume... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Series of Unusual Photographs Taken on the Goodwin Sands In January, 1948. Geologists Have Found That the Goodwins Consist of An 80 Foot Depth of Sand, Coal, Shells and Coral Resting on a B
A series of unusual photographs taken on the Goodwin Sands in January, 1948. Geologists have found that the Goodwins consist of an 80 foot depth of sand, coal, shells and coral resting on a bed of soft chalk. This mixture is in constant... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs