LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coxswain Andrew Cunningham, of Crail
Coxswain Andrew Cunningham, of Crail, Fifeshire, who died on 15th De- cember, 1931, had been an officer of the Life-boat for twenty-seven years. In 1892, at the age of twenty-nine, he was appointed Bowman. Three years later he became second...
Category: Obituaries
Sjofna, of Oslo (1)
NOVEMBER 23RD. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL, AND CLOVELLY, DEVON.
At 2.30 in the morning the Padstow coastguard telephoned that news had been received from the naval authorities at Falmouth that a ship was ashore at Knap Head, near...
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the February and March Meetings of the Committee of Management
February Meeting.
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—On the 2nd January, 1939, the crew of four of the motor trawler Yankee Girl were rescued by another fishing boat.—Rewards, £2 105., with £3 for loss of fishing, and 2s. 6d....
Category: Services
Plucked from the sea
FRASERBURGH | 9 JULY
Two children were saved from the North Sea after being swept out 250m from the shoreline. The boy and girl, aged 12 and 13, were being battered by waves and were in danger of drowning. Quickly on scene, the...
Category: Articles
THE ICING ON THE CAKE
In October, the Largs Lifeboat Fundraising Branch welcomed outgoing RNLI Chair, Charles Hunter-Pease, to speak at their annual lunch where he was presented with a special cake decorated with a model of the Largs lifeboat to mark his...
Category: Articles
Dee Gypsy
IRB TRANSFERRED CREW Blackpool, Lancashire. At 12.40 a.m.
on 28th August, 1965, the police told the honorary secretary that a small yacht was firing distress flares approximately \ mile offshore near the South Pier. At one...
The S.S. Helmsdale
JULY 19TH. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 8.15 P.M. a message was received from the Seahouses coastguard that distress signals had been heard from the direction of Longstone Lighthouse. A light easterly breeze was...
10 years on the beaches
The RNLI prides itself on a long lifesaving tradition but, in order to save more lives, it is alert to changes in how people use the sea
People still go to sea for a living. But by the year...
Category: Articles
Safety Week
THE annual " Safety Week," organized by the National Safety Week Council, ou which the Institution is represented, is not being held this year at the same time throughout the country. Instead of this, local " Safety Weeks...
Category: Articles
A Profit of £400 Was Made for the RNLI at the Cheese and Wine Tasting Evening Held at the Royal Naval College Greenwich on 8Th September 1972 the 350 Tickets
by courtesy of David Crowden A profit of £400 was made for the R.N.L.I, at the cheese and wine tasting evening held at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, on 8th September, 1972. The 350 tickets for the event were sold by local branches... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs