LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Thousands of People Attended Hoylake
Thousands of people attended Hoylake open day last August which had as its peak of entertainment a display by the RAF's world famous Red Arrows, seen here just as they pass over Hovlake lifeboat. Royal Marines dropped by parachute from a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
During His Year In Office the Mayor of Kirkham Councillor Keith Beckett Offered His Services to Raise Money for Charity Not to Be Left Out Freckleton Rnli Branch R
During his year in office the Mayor of Kirkham, Councillor Keith Beckett, offered his services to raise money for charity. Not to be left out Freckleton RNLI branch roped Mr Beckett into visiting nine pubs in Kirkham last October, collecting... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Britannia Rescue (1)
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Category: Advertisement
Mr. H. Arthur Baker
BY the death of ME. H. ARTHUR BAKER, on 11th December, 1946, the Committee of Management have lost a colleague whose devoted services they feel that they can ill spare. He became a member in 1925, and was appointed a vice-president in...
Category: Obituaries
Scotia, of Carnavon
On the 10th March, the schooner Scotia, of Carnarvon, anchored in a heavy S.W. gale off Trefadoc, near Holy- head : she soon commenced to drag her anchors, and was observed to be driving fast towards the Clipera Rocks. The Holy- head...
Saving Life from Shipwreck
THE beneficial results of life-boats and the mortar and rocket apparatus in saving life from shipwreck cannot be overrated; and the following account of their services to shipwrecked crews on the coasts of the United Kingdom, during the past...
Category: Articles
Shamrock, of Wexford
On the 9th April, during a strong easterly wind, the smack Shamrock, of Wexford, was seen to strike on the north end of the Dogger Bank, and to hoist signals of distress. The Civil Service life-boat was quickly launched, and on nearing the...
Services by Life-boats
During the year life-boats were launched 1,081 times. Of these launches 640 were to vessels and aeroplanes in distress through attack by the enemy or from other causes due to the war.
The Record Month by Month 1940 January...
Category: Services
Eaton
Clacton - on - Sea and Walton - on - the- Naze, Essex. — During a moderate northerly gale on the 17th January, a wireless message was received stating that a trawler was ashore on the Barrow Sand. This message was con- veyed both to Clacton...
Calling All Mancunians: Manchester Has a Long and Historic Connection With the Rnli
Calling all Mancunians: Manchester has a long and historic connection with the RNLI. The very first street collection was held in Manchester and Salford in October 1891, when £5,000 was collected, and over the years Manchester's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs