LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Donaghadee: One of the Guardians of the Northern Approaches By Joan Davies
AUGUST 1910: DONAGHADEE station was established, its first boat being one of the earliest motor lifeboats in the Institution's fleet, a 43' Watson with a 40 hp engine capable of nearly 7 knots.
August 1975: it was...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats
Gourdon, Kincardineshire. — On the morning of the 7th September the majority of the local fishing fleet put to sea. Later rain began to fall and the strong S.E. to E. breeze gradually increased until at noon half a gale was blowing. A heavy...
The Humber Lightvessel
Humber, Yorkshire. At 9.10 on the morning of the 24th of November, 1958, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent of a request from the Superintendent of Trinity House, Great Yarmouth, for the life-boat to land the master of the...
August
Launches 113. Lives rescued 119.
AUGUST 1ST. - BARRA ISLAND , HEBRIDES. At 2.30 A.M. a telegram was received from the coastguard at Kyle that a ship’s boat under sail with men on board had been seen at 9.30 P.M. the night...
Category: Services
RNLI FAMILY: THE LIFE OF THE CHARITY
Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
NO PEACE FOR NEWLY WEDS
‘Just another day being married to an RNLI coxswain,’ says newly-wed Trina Sawyer, whose big day with Eastbourne lifeboat Coxswain...
Category: Articles
RNLI's 150th Anniversary
On pages 396 and 398 of the January, 1973, edition of THE LIFE-BOAT reference was made to a covered chalice which was being produced by Stuart Crystal. Though made by Stuart's, it is being marketed by Mulberry Hall, Stonegate, York, YO1...
Category: Articles
When Hrh the Duke of Kent President of the Rnli
When HRH The Duke of Kent, President, of the RNLI, visited Lowestoft lifeboat station in May he met crew members, their wives and branch and guild representatives.
Lord Somerleyton, branch president (hidden), presents to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
RNLI Directory
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Category: Advertisement
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The S.S. Hawthorn
At 1.15 in the afternoon of 5th January, when a whole S.S.W. gale was blowing, with rain and a heavy sea, the Coxswain noticed that the s.s. Hawthorn, of Liverpool, which was at anchor in Ramsey Bay, was signalling that a doctor was wanted...