LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
World Concord (2)
On the 27th of November, 1954, the Liberian tanker World Concord broke in two in the Irish sea. The St.
David's, Pembrokeshire, life-boat rescued thirty-five men from her fore- part, and the Rosslare Harbour,...
Fishing Cobles
TWELVE COBLES ESCORTED TO SHORE Filey, Yorkshire. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 22nd January, 1962, it was decided after consultation with the coastguard to launch the life-boat The Isa & Penryn Milsted, as several local...
A Motor Boat (5)
FOUR WERE RESCUED Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 8.25 p.m.
on 24th August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a motor boat was reported to be in trouble off Port-e- Vullen in rough seas and a moderate...
A Sailing Dinghy (5)
TWO GIRLS IN SEA Life-boat O.N. 44-001. At 3 p.m. on 4th August, 1964, while the 44-foot steel life-boat O.N. 44-001 was on a publicity launch in company with the Bembridge life-boat, a small sailing dinghy was seen to capsize off Southsea...
A Dinghy
Hartlepool, Co. Durham - At 12.50 a.m. on 8th September, 1966, a small dinghy, with one man aboard, was reported overdue from a fishing trip. At I o'clock the life-boat The Princess Royal (Civil Service No. 7) left her moorings in a...
(Below) a Vintage Gift: This 1926
(Below) A vintage gift: this 1926, four-seater open tourer Rolls-Royce 20 was generously donated to the RNLI and recently came under the hammer at a Christie's car auction at Beaulieu in Hampshire. In the words of the sale catalogue:... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Inventor Remembered: Mr. Eric H. Taylor
Through the death in the early summer of Mr. Eric H. Taylor, F.R.G.S., president of the St. David's branch of the R.N.L.I, and past secretary of the local life-boat station, the St. David's life-boat received donations in lieu of...
Category: Obituaries
Twenty-Five Years' Service:
Twenty-five years' service: Commander Bruce Cairns, RD, RNR, retired as chief of operations at the end of 1986. He joined the lifeboat service as a district inspector of lifeboats in 1961 and served in the Irish, South East and Southern... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
St.Bees 17Ft 6In C Class Inflatable Lifeboat
Left: villagers and guests from all over Cumbria attending the service of dedication of the new St Bees 17ft 6in C class inflatable lifeboat on Saturday October 26, 1985. The lifeboat was paid for out of the bequest of the late Mrs Peggy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fraserburgh (1)
FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE On the 24th September, 1940, the Fraserburgh life-boat rescued the crew of ten of the steam trawler Northward, of Grimsby.
CAPTAIN ANDREW STEPHEN, harbour master and joint honorary secretary,...
Category: Medals