LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Town Remembers:
A town remembers: Harry Bamber, Ken Smith, bearing the RNLI standard, and David Topping of Lytham lifeboat crew are followed by their Coxswain Arthur Wignall (I) and Helmsman Edward Brown of New Brighton in the procession on July 27, 1986,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Padstow
PADSTOW, CORNWALL On the 23rd November, 1944, the Padstow life-boat rescued seven of the crew of the S.S. Sjofna, of Norway., SECOND MOTOR MECHANIC WILLIAM ORCHARD, acting as coxswain, was awarded the silver medal.
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Category: Medals
Pisces
YACHT ON THE ROCKS When a small motor yacht grounded on Longnose Ledge off Kent on 19thJuly, 1971, Margate Coastguard reported at 12.34 a.m. that the vessel was seriously damaged and was in danger of sinking. The crew could be heard shouting...
FLASH FICTION WINNER
Thank you to all 131 entries in the Lifeboat winter flash fiction competition. We were delighted so many of you were inspired to put pen to paper. There was a clear winner – a favourite in the office and with flash fiction writer Eleanor...
Category: Articles
A Launching Accident
ON August 16th, a Centenary Demon- stration was to be held at Whitby, the Motor Life-boat and one of the Pulling and Sailing Life-boats to be launched, and an exhibition of Life-boat models to be held in the Life-boat House, but it was...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution from the 1st July to the 30th November 1879
NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SEA, NORTHUMBER- LAND.—On the 1st July a gale from E.S.E. sprang up at about 4 A.M. Seven fishing cobles had left about four hours previously for the fishing-ground, which is about 15 miles from the shore, and considerable...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Services (1)
Stronsay Westray Peebles-shire Peebles Perthshire Atholl and District Auchterarder Blairgowrie Crieff Perth Strathmore Renfrewshire Gourock - Branch Gourock - Guild Greenock Inverkip Lochwinnoch Paisley - Branch Paisley - Guild Port Glasgow...
Category: Services
Sketch of the Progress Made In the Construction of Coast Life-Boats. 1785-1900. No. 5
IN treating of Mr. Beeching's Life-boat (in the last article on this subject) which ; was sent to Ramsgate, and which proved ; so successful, omission was made of the ' fact that in 1853 she underwent con-J siderable alterations, in...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats In April, May and June, 1954. 91 Lives Rescued
APRIL DURING April life-boats were launched 26 times and rescued 22 lives.
THREE MEN RESCUED FROM SAILING BOAT Margate, Kent.—At 2.50 on the after- noon of the 1st of April, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that he had...
Category: Services
New Leader
On the morning of the 18th March, when it was blowing hard from the N.N.E. with snow showers, signals of distress were observed on the ketch New Leader, of Ramsey, which was riding in the South Bay about 100 yards from the Queen's Pier....