LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Highland Chief, of London & Tavestock, of Plymouth
Also, on the 12th February, the life-boat and steamer were again off in reply to sig- nals of distress from ships in the neighbour- hood of the Goodwin Sands. The wind had shifted from a southerly to a north-westerly direction, and in a few...
"On Behalf of All Troops"
IN the course of two months the Institution has received cheques for £500 from the colonel at Calais commanding J12 Transit Camp of the British Forces in France. They come with the message: " On behalf of all troops who have passed...
Category: Articles
Letter of Appreciation
THE Committee of Management has decided that a letter of appreciation should be sent to Coxswain John Bassett of Eastbourne for his part in the service by the Eastbourne life-boat when the trawler British Aviator and the motor vessel...
Category: Committee
New Ways of Raising Money
Early last year the Kidderminster ladies' life-boat guild gave each member 5s.
and told them to increase it. In September it was reported that over £80 had been raised in this way.
The Little Ship...
Category: Donations
The S.S. Lee S. Overman
AUGUST 1ST. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. At about 1.8 A.M. the Royal Naval shore signal station reported that a large steamer had run aground near the Chequer Shoal Buoy. The night was dark, but lit by lightning flashes, and there was a moderate...
Anglian, of Dublin
The steamship Anglian, of Dublin, was stranded during heavy weather on the " Main," under the North Foreland lighthouse, on the 7th December. The Kingsgate life-boat put off, but her services were at first...
In Support of the Lord Mayor of Birmingham and Bbc Pebble Mill Lifeboat Appeal the Bbc
In support of the Lord Mayor of Birmingham and BBC Pebble Mill lifeboat appeal, the BBC staged a Pebble Mill Dash last October; it was a competition to find who could arrive at the Birmingham TV studios by the most unusual means. The first... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wimpie and the Barges Glenrosa, Maid of Munster and Audrey
Southend-on-Sea, and Walton and Frinton, Essex.—On 2nd June, 1938, in a whole gale the Southend-on-Sea motor life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3), rescued two men from the yacht Wimpie, of Southampton, and three men from the barge...
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
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Category: Medals
Inaugural Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats
Cromer and Penlee.
THE new Cromer Motor Life-boat is the third of the Norfolk and Suffolk type to be constructed, the other two being the boats stationed at Walton-on-Naze and Lowestoft. The second of these two boats, the...
Category: Articles