LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rescue Off the Minquiers Reef
AT 3.10 early on the morning of the 15th of December, 1953, the harbour radio station reported that the motor vessel Brockley Combe, of Bristol, had wirelessed that she had struck the Minquiers Reef and needed help immediately. The Brockley...
Category: Services
One Thousand Pairs of Odd Sized Shoes Raised About £2000 for the Wolverhampton Branch a Local Shoe Dealer Very Kindly Donated 2000 New But Odd Sized Shoes
One thousand pairs of odd sized shoes raised about £2,000 for the Wolverhampton branch. A local shoe dealer very kindly donated 2,000 new, but odd sized shoes. The branch made up 1,000 pairs of shoes within a size of each other. Prices... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Boat
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7i feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the air-cases, which give extra buoyancy...
Category: Articles
Trioner, of Arendul
On the 20th April the brig Trioner, of Arendal, was seen with a signal of distress flying during a fresh gale from the E.N.E., accompanied by a heavy sea. She evidently was trying to make Macduff harbour, but was in great...
Drama in the dark
On the evening of 11 September 2014, the St Agnes lifeboat sped towards granite cliffs. It was the calmest night of the year – but, inside a flooded cave, a hidden drama was unfolding
Helmsman...
Category: Articles
A Dutch Yacht Carolina With Three People on Board Ran Aground on the Western End of Bramble Bank In a Strong South-Westerly Breeze on Monday July 19 Calshot's40'
A Dutch yacht, Carolina, with three people on board, ran aground on the western end of Bramble Bank in a strong south-westerly breeze on Monday, July 19. Calshot's40' Keith Nelson lifeboat, Ernest William and Elizabeth Ellen Hinde,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
There Will Be Single Commemorative Medals and Sets of Medals In Gold Silver and Bronze These Depicted Here Show the RNLI Badge Which Will Be on the Reverse Co
There will be single commemorative medals and sets of medals in gold, silver and bronze. These depicted here show the R.N.L.I, badge which will be on the reverse common to all, Henry Greathead's Original, Sir William Hillary, the founder...
Category: Medals
The Danish Steamer Marianne Toft, of Copenhagen
SEPTEMBER 12TH. - PORT ERIN, AND PEEL, ISLE OF MAN. The Danish steamer Marianne Toft of Copenhagen, had sunk after collision with another vessel. Twelve of her crew landed in a ship’s boat, but ten others in another boat could not be found.-...
A Welcome for the Duke from the Crowds As He Walked Up to the Exhibition Site With the Lord Mayor of Plymouth Councillor FJohnson (Right) and Captain Nigel Dixon
A welcome for the Duke from the crowds as he walked up to the exhibition site with the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor F.Johnson (right) and Captain Nigel Dixon, Director RNLI. . . .
photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Lizzie Morton, of St. Ives
LTNMOUTH AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON.— On the 19th March the Lizzie Morton, of St. Ives, encountered a heavy squall, when off Lynmouth, which carried away her foremast, bowsprit, and bulwarks; in a helpless state she subsequently drifted before a...