LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Ladies' Life-Boat Guild and New Branches of the Institution
ALTHOUGH the progress of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild has not been as marked as we had hoped that it would be, nevertheless many Guilds have been formed, notably in the North of England and in the South-West of England; and wherever...
Category: Branches
Sweet Sue
CREW OF THREE Salcombe, South Devon. At 5.2 p.m.
on 9th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a sailing yacht appeared to be in distress two miles west-north-west of Bolt Tail. She was tossing in a...
Bilboa, of Seatham
Soon after dark on the 28th December, signal lights and rockets were seen in the direction of the West Scroby Sands, by the beachmen at Caister, on the Norfolk coast. The same life-boat was at once launched, and, proceeding to the sands,...
The Marquess of Ailsa
THE committee of management greatly regret the death in April of their colleague, the Marquess of Ailsa, at the age of ninety-one. Lord Ailsa was not only the oldest, but the senior member.
He joined the committee of manage...
Category: Obituaries
Services of the Life-Boats In January, February and March. 96 Lives Rescued
JANUARY DURING JANUARY life-boats were launched on service 53 times and rescued 15 lives.
t [BOAT FOUND AFTER MESSAGE FROM HELICOPTER Humber, Yorkshire. At 7.25 on the morning of 1st of January, 1959, the coastguard at...
Category: Services
The "Princess Victoria" Life-Boat Tractor
IT is now six years since the first experiments were made with Motor Caterpillar Tractors for launching Lifeboats off flat beaches. Tractors have been placed at a number of Stations, and although the type used has not been suitable for...
Category: Inaugurations
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management
September Meeting.
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 15th May, 1938, an outboard motor boat capsized about two hundred yards off shore and four and a half miles west of Clacton. A slight S.S.E. breeze was blowing, with a choppy...
Category: Services
Walton and Frinton Lifeboat Makes the Christmas Run Out to Sunk Lightvessel on the Sunday Before Christmas Taking Fare Provided Mainly By Local Shopkeepers In 1
Walton and Frinton lifeboat makes the Christmas run out to Sunk Lightvessel on the Sunday before Christmas, taking fare provided mainly by local shopkeepers. In 1978 (left, above) Robin Davis, chairman of East Ham Round Table which funded... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Painting By L F Gilding Showing a Lifeboat of the Rhli Ami Tin Raf Lysander Aircraft Arriving to Rescue a 'Ditched' Bomber Crew
A painting by L. F. Gilding showing a lifeboat of the RhLI ami tin RAF Lysander aircraft arriving to rescue a 'ditched' bomber crew..
Category: Drawings
Services of the Life-Boats In June, July and August, 1951. 116 Lives Rescued
DURING June life-boats went out on service 39 times and rescued 27 lives.
HOPE FOR THE FISH HARVEST Longhope, Orkneys.—At 1.57 on the morning of the 1st of June, 1951, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that the fishing...
Category: Services