LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Amicizia, of Genoa
On the 23rd May, during a strong breeze from the N.E. by E., the brig Amicizia, of Genoa, was observed to take the ground in the Stanford Channel. The Lowestoft and Pakefield life-boats both put off to the rescue of the crew. The first-named...
The "City of Leicester" Boarding Boat
Inaugural Ceremony at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex.
ON 3rd September the Inaugural Cere- mony took place at Walton-on-the- Naze, Essex, of a boarding boat. The Motor Life-boat which was stationed at Walton in 1928 lies...
Category: Articles
New Members of the Committee of Management
SIR Charles Baring, Bt, Colonel F. F.
B. St. George, C.V.O., and Mr. Norman E. Wales have joined the Committee of Management of the Institution.
Sir Charles Baring is the son of Sir Godfrey Baring who...
Category: Committee
Michael Grant Joined Selsey Lifeboat Crew In 1960 and Was Second Coxswain from 1972 Until 1978 When He Was Appointed Coxswain; He Was Awarded the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vell
Michael Grant joined Selsey lifeboat crew in 1960 and was second coxswain from 1972 until 1978 when he was appointed coxswain; he was awarded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum in 1978 and the silver medal in 1979.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Safely Out of the Dangerous Waters of Whitby Rock - Partly Visible In the Background - the Waveney Class White Rose at Yorkshire Heads for the Harbour Entrance With The
Safely out of the dangerous waters of Whitby Rock - partly visible in the background - the Waveney class White Rose at Yorkshire heads for the harbour entrance with the survivor aboard (Photo Les Heath). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sybil, of Yarmouth
The first Life- boat service in the year 1872 was, that on the 1st January, by the boat on this station, it happening to be the only service performed by a Life-boat of the Institution on New Year's Day, 1872.
The...
The S.S. Osterhav
Wick, Caithness-shire. — The motor life-boat Frederick and Emma was launched at 9 P.M. on the 28th March, in response to a message received through Wick Radio and the coastguard.
A strong S.E. breeze was blowing, with a...
The S.S. Ford Fisher
MAY 24TH. - WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
At 12.30 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that distress signals were being made on a vessel’s siren. The weather was foggy. There was no wind, but a slight sea. At 12.45 P.M...
Johanna Te Velde
Sheringham, Norfolk. — Just before nine o'clock on the night of the 31st of December, 1950, a local resident informed the life-boat honorary sec- retary that a ship was making morse signals three-quarters of a mile east- north-east of...
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Robert Runcie
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, visited W aimer lifeboat station on Sunday October 18, 1981, where he was taken out for a trip in the 37ft 6in Rather lifeboat The Hampshire Rose.
Before going aboard he met... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs