LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Your Letters
More Lifeboats at Dunkirk In your Autumn issue lifeboat enthusiast Jeff Morris states that 19 lifeboats from the RNLI attended the evacuation of Dunkirk during 1940. He is right to say that 19 lifeboats went to Dunkirk but wrong in thus...
Category: Correspondence
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded In 1879
Jan. 2.—Voted the Silver Medal and U. to Mr.
JAMES MACKAY for saving two boys by swimming at great risk to a boat, which, had been swamped while attempting to cross the Bar of Tongue, tine Margaret, of Rye, which was...
Category: Articles
KISS OF LIFE
A 13-year-old’s quick thinking and love for his Dad keep them both alive when a February kayaking trip goes wrong
After a good breakfast, Paul Rowlands kissed his wife Julie goodbye and set off on an adventure with his son...
Category: Articles
Ceremonies
Fishguard - Trent class Blue Peter VII On 17 June 1995 Fishguard's brand new Elm Trent class lifeboat Blue Peter VII was officially named - and, to judge by the number of young people gathered on the foreshore for the ceremony, it was...
Category: Inaugurations
Some Ways of Raising Money
Raymie Sinclair of Kirkwall was given a bottle of whisky to raffle for the lifeboats; £20 was raised but when the winning ticket was drawn no one could read the name on the ticket. The bottle was therefore raffled again and brought in a...
Category: Donations
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 12th October, 1905.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
" Also read those of the Building, Finance...
Category: Committee
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Friday, 19th November, 1920.
The Rt Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., in the Chair.
Co-opted Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir George G. Goodwin, K.C.B., and the Chairman of Lloyds (ex officio) Members of the...
Category: Committee
Lifeboat Services
South Eastern Division Boarding boat rescue from saltings REQUESTING THE LAUNCHING of Calshot lifeboat at 2207 on Thursday, January 29, HM Coastguard told the honorary secretary that at 2054 a red flare had been reported in Ashlett Creek and...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
WALTON-ON-NAZE, ESSEX.—At 9.30 A.M. on the 26th Feb., 1904, a telephone message was received from the Gunfleet Lighthouse stating that a vessel was aground on the sands. The crew and helpers of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 were at once...
Category: Services
The Fundraisers
Rowing raisers No apologies for featuring RNLI fundraisers the Hythe Hookers again - these ladies are always seen to be up to something intriguing! On New Year's Day they dressed up as cops and robbers and took part in the annual Maldon...
Category: Articles