LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Reclaim, of Lowestoft
Angle, Pembrokeshire.—On the morning of the 10th June the steam drifter Reclaim, of Lowestoft, carrying a crew of eleven, ran ashore on Middle Beach, West Angle Bay. A moderate west breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth, but the weather...
Lifeboatmen of Steel
In September, British Steel Community Awards presented a cheque for £12,000 to Redcar lifeboat station, where two of the crew members are British Steel employees.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Difficult Tow In a South-East Gale
ON the 20th of January, 1954, the fishing yawl Poseidon, of Rothesay, left North Shields to fish off Eyemouth.
Early on the morning of the 22nd of January the crew of four found they could not start the engines. They were...
Category: Services
Louie Marguarita, of Dunkirk
Walmer, Kent.—At 7 A.M. on the 20th September the Deal coastguard reported a vessel ashore on the sands two miles W.N.W. of East Goodwin light-vessel. She was the French trawler Louie Marguarita, of Dunkirk, with a crew of seven on board. A...
Mr. Frederick Britain, of Southend-On-Sea
death the Institution greatly regrets is Mr. Frederick Britain, of Southend- on-Sea, who died on 1st January at the age of sixty-eight. For eighteen years he was the honorary secretary of the station. He was appointed in 1914, and retired in...
Category: Obituaries
Portrait of a Coxswain
THE photograph shows Coxswain Gordon Bellamy, of Llandudno, Caernar- vonshire. He was appointed bowman in July, 1958, and became second cox- swain in November, 1960. He has been coxswain of the Llandudno life-boat since January, 1961, and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Freesia, of Grimsby
Motor Life-boat.
ON the 1st January the Motor Life-boat at Stromness, in the Orkneys, performed a fine service which illustrates very clearly the value of motor-power. At 9.15 A.M. the news was received at Stromness from...
The Ministry of Defence Range Finder M.V. Dolwen
Fire rescue WHEN THE Ministry of Defence range finder m.v. Dolwen was reported on fire nine miles out on December 8, 1972, the Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, lifeboat was alerted.
At 4.37 p.m. the Howard Marryat, a 46-foot...
Six Friends of Childwall
Six friends of Child-wall (Liverpool) branch raised £140 for the RNLI by means of a sponsored climb, laking part in the Spring Bank Holiday Welsh Three Thousands.
They climbed all 14 peaks of the course, each more than... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Members of Warwick Guild
Members of Warwick guild were well wrapped up during a recent Victorian evening held in the town. Selling 20th century RNLI gifts in 19th century garb are (I to r) Ann Fowkes, Peggy Stuart and Pam Neeves, obviously enjoying themselves. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs