LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mr David Miles (Left) Manager of the 'Duke of York' Dering Street London Led a Sponsored Shave In Aid of the RNLI
Mr. David Miles (left), manager of the 'Duke of York', Dering Street, London, led a sponsored shave in aid of the R.N.L.I. He and his two barmen, Mr. Alan Hart and Mr. Sam Weaver, grew moustaches and beards for one month and then had... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New Committee of Management Members
Major General Ralph H. Farrant, C.B., and Mr. Michael Vernon have been elected to the Committee of Management of the Institution.
Major General Farrant is President of the Ordnance Board, War Office.
He...
Category: Committee
The American Steamer Bessemer City, of New York
St. Ives, Cornwall.—At midnight on the lst-2nd November the coastguard reported a vessel ashore west of St.
Ives. She was the American steamer Bessemer City, of New York, bound from Liverpool for London with a general cargo...
Services of the Life-Boats In January, February and March, 1957. 151 Lives Rescued
JANUARY DURING January life-boats were launched on service 39 times and rescued 45 lives.
FISHING BOAT TOWED FROM NEAR ROCKS Newcastle, Co. Down.—At 10.50 on the night of the 1st of January, 1957, the Kilkeel coastguard...
Category: Services
Histories of Six Life-Boat Stations. Rhyl, The Lizard, Tynemouth, Sennen Cove, Bembridge and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
DURING the past three years excellent histories have been written, and pub- lished locally, of six life-boat stations.
Rhyl celebrated its centenary in 1952,"and The Story of Rhyl's Life- boats, 1852 to 1952 was...
Category: Articles
The Caister Disaster Pension Fund
AT two o'clock in the morning of 14th November, 1901, the Beauchamp, the No. 2 life-boat at Caister, Norfolk, was launched in answer to flares of distress seen from a vessel on the Barber Sands.
A whole gale was blowing...
Category: Articles
Venus of Preston
The schooner Venus, of Preston, whilst entering the port on the 20th October, late on the tide, during a strong westerly wind, struck on the Horse Bank, on which a good deal of sea was then running. The Life-boat Wakefield was then taken out...
Although Wells on the Norfolk Coast Was the Last RNLI Station to Use Horses for Launching—That Was In 1934— Horses Are Still Used In Some Parts of the Netherlands
Although Wells, on the Norfolk coast, was the last R.N.L.I, station to use horses for launching—that was in 1934— horses are still used in some parts of the Netherlands. Here the Ameland life-boat, because of difficult coastal conditions,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Loss of Life at Sea
THE remarks contained in the following opportune communication from the Rev. J. Scarth, are deserving of every consideration, notwithstanding that they only repeat the oft-told tale in regard to the dreadful loss of life at...
Category: Articles
The Ketch-Rigged Yacht Thelma II, of Beaumaris
Portrush, Co. Antrim. — On the morning of the 1st September the auxiliary ketch-rigged yacht Thelma II, of Beaumaris, carrying a crew of three, left Portrush for Liverpool under sail.
Her engine was out of action. A very...