LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Crowd Puller:
Crowd puller: Vivian May, (centre) a member of the RNLl's fund raising committee, was invited with his wife Susanna (r) to Lord Montague of Beaulieu's (I) 60th birthday fancy dress ball. Mr May, ever mindful of his duty to promote... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services (from page 137)
north easterly course, was making no headway and drifting towards the rocks, but the three men on board refused help, saying that they were on their way to Ireland.
It was at this point that the Coastguard received...
Category: Services
Splish splash
Duck! Because we hope these cute quackers will be flying off the counters at Barclays until 3 August.
On sale in aid of the RNLI at branches of the bank around the UK, each duck has its own personality, designed to appeal...
Category: Articles
John Wesley
RAMSEY, ISLE or MAN.—On the same day, at 7.30 A.M., the Two Sisters Life-boat, stationed at Ramsey, went out during a moderate gale from the E. and a heavy sea, and rescued the crew, numbering 5 men, from the schooner John Wesley, of...
Aurora
DONNA NOOK.—The Richard Life-boat was launched at 8 A.M. on the 20th September, during a N.E. wind, squally weather and a rough sea, to the assistance of the fishing dandy Aurora, of Hull, which had stranded near Donna...
A Sailing Dinghy (4)
Worthing, Sussex. At approximately 3.15 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy had capsized one mile off Lancing. At 3.25 the IRB launched in a strong gusting to near gale force south-westerly wind and rough...
Dockyard Rally
L/feboat/the Royal National Lifeboat Collection at Chatham's Historic Dockyard was the backdrop chosen for the Rover P4 drivers guild invitation car rally held on 14 September.
Seventy cars attended the event, including... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rob Roy of Sunderland
On the night of the 12th January the steam-tug Hob Boy, of Sunderlaud, ran ashore on Whitburn rocks. On the alarm being given, the Whitburn life-boat was promptly launched through a high surf, and succeeded in rescuing her crew of 4 men and...
None (3)
Cut off by tide CRIES FOR HELP heard at Stone Bay, 4'/2 miles west of Margate lifeboat station, were reported to HM Coastguard by telephone at 1843 on Tuesday October 10, 1978. Margate D class ILB launched six minutes later and set off...
McNear, of Boston
On the night of the 10th June, signals from the Newarp, Cockle, and St.
Nicholas Lightships indicating a vessel in distress were observed from Caister.
The surf Life-boat Godsend was launched, and...