LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Afternoon
At 11.10 P.M.
on the 4th June the Coastguard reported that the Swin Middle Light-vessel was firing signals of distress. The crew of the motor Life-boat Albert Edward were at once assembled and the boat...
From the Princess Elizabeth
IN 1947 the Princess Elizabeth sent the Institution £180, the balance of her wedding present from Kimberley.
At the beginning of 1948 her wedding dress was displayed in Edinburgh.
The Lord Provost...
Category: Donations
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Dungeness, Kent. At 7.10 on the evening of the 17th of April, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized off Dymchurch. Ten minutes later the life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched in a moderate...
Earn of Fraserburgh
ESCORT FOR FISHING VESSEL IN TOW Arbroath, Angus. At 8.53 on the evening of the 28th April, 1962, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that a fishing vessel was firing distress rockets two miles off Auchmithie.
Within...
The Sailing Smack Challenger
On the 20th October the coastguard saw flares for help from the sailing smack Challenger, of Lowestoft, which, with a crew of four on board, was aground on the bank at the end of the north extension, and at 6.38 P.M. the motor life-boat...
Two Sisters, of Aberystwith and Smack David, of Cardigan
On the 26th October, while it was blowing a heavy gale from the north, with a high sea on, two vessels at anchor in the roadstead hoisted signals of distress. The same valuable life-boat was immediately launched, and went to their assistance...
Oasis, of Liverpool
On January 12th, 1868, a large iron ship, the Oasis, of Liverpool, struck on the rocks west of the Metal Mail, Newtown Head, in a south-easterly gale.
The Cambridge University life-boat, Tom Egan, was launched, and reached...
The Keel Boat Thankful, Coble Evelyn Margaret and Fishing Boat Dahlia
NOVEMBER 1ST. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. Wind and sea had got up in the morning while several fishing boats were out, and by eleven o’clock a strong easterly gale was blowing, with a rough sea.
The motor life-boat Herbert...
Staff Retirements
Members of the Institution's staff who retired in 1965 after more than fifteen years' service were: Mr. V. G. Parsons, 40 years. Assistant Superintendent of Depot.
Mr. J. A. Ashford, 44 years. Senior Clerk at...
Category: Articles
Norwegian Institution Will Be 75 In September
The Norwegian Life-boat Institution Norsk Selskab til Skibbrudnes Redning, which was founded in 9th July, 1891, will celebrate its 75th anniversary in September in Oslo.
The celebration will also mark the completion of...
Category: Articles