LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Greater London.

Life-boat day was held throughout Greater London on 31st May. The amount raised was £6,397, an increase of £1,074 on 1937.

Presentation 'by Mr. Kenneth Lindsay, M.P.,...

Tommy Taylor aged 85 in April has been a member of the Gravesend branch ] committee for over 25 years and box secretary for over 10 years.

This picture was taken at a film night, given by John Gamble, RNLI organiser for... - View image in PDF

Man overboard DUNGENESS lifeboat's Emergency Mechanic David Tart was fishing at sea on Wednesday, January 13, 1988 when he observed that a crew member had fallen overboard from the fishing vessel Storm Boy, and that the boat's...

Coming from as far afield as Ireland and Humberside, 116 entries made the third Great Tweed Raft Race a huge crowd puller with 15,000 people lining the river bank. There were two categories: fancy dress rafts and speedsters, all of which had... - View image in PDF

Station-by-station lifeboat launches for August, September and October 1998 Aberdeen Arun: Aug 29 Aberdovey Atlantic 21: Aug 12and 19 (twice) Abersoch Atlantic 21: Aug 1, 7, 20, 21, 30 and 31 Aberystwyth Atlantic 75: Aug 11, 23, 29, 30...

Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire and New Brighton, Cheshire - At 7.44 p.m. on 2nd December, 1968, it was learnt that the shrimp boat Boy David with two men on board was overdue at Southport. After further enquiries had been made the...

Aberystwyth, Dyfed D class inflatable: January 17 and February 23 (twice) Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft 6in Rother: December 20 Amble, Northumberland 37ft 6in Rother: December 12, 28 and January 3 Angle, Dyfed 46ft 9in Watson: December 8 Appledore...

ON the occasion of the hurricane which swept the island of St. Kilda, in the Hebrides, on the 3rd Oct. last, and inflicted such distressing loss on its poor inhabitants, the following were the indications of a Kew Verified Barometer, on...