LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Norwegian Motor Ship Mercur
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 7.36 in the evening of the 31st of December, 1948, the coastguard reported that a vessel, for which the North Goodwin Light- vessel had previously fired warning guns, appeared to be aground on the Goodwins, and the motor...
The Naming of the 52Ft Relief Lifeboat Dwctoso/Ken/
THE PERFECT SUNNY AFTERNOON of Tu6Sday April 27 seemed to take on extra brightness when Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Kent arrived at the Jubilee Gardens, South Bank, to name the relief 52ft Arun lifeboat Duchess of Kent....
Category: Articles
List of the Rewards for Saving Life from Wrecks, Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
FOR SAVING LIFE FROM WRECKS, VOTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION TO THE CREWS OF ITS LIFE-BOATS, TO SHORE AND FISHING-BOATS' CREWS, AND TO OTHER PERSONS, FROM THE IST JANUARY TO THE 31sT DECEMBER,...
Category: Articles
The Admiralty Fuelling Steamer Rosa
A Fine Service at Flamborough.
A fine service was carried out by the Flamborough No. 1 Pulling and Sailing Life-boat, Forester, on April 28th, when she rescued the crew of sixteen of the Admiralty fuelling steamer Rosa. In...
The Scene at Albion Breakwater Walton-On-The-Naze
The scene at Albion Breakwater, Walton-on-the-Naze last June when the centenary re-dedication of Walton and Frinton lifeboat station took place. The Lord Lieutenant of Essex, Admiral Lewis was present, together with the Lord and Lady... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Decoration for the Deputy Secretary
MAJOR A» D. BURNETT BROWN, M.C., the deputy secretary of the Institution, who served with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the war, and is now second in com- mand of the Buckinghamshire (Ter- ritorial)...
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The Cooperative Bank
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The Keel Boat Just Reward
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 6th December a motor fishing coble and two keel boats were at sea. A strong W.N.W. gale sprang up, bringing a rough sea, and the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at 8.45 A.M. in case...
The Diver's Boat Ulster Queen
Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 6.50 on the evening of the 10th of May, 1957, the Bailey lighthouse-keeper telephoned that a boat was drifting ashore under the cliffs near the lighthouse. At seven o'clock the life-boat John...
The Swan, of Skibbereen
JUNE 8TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK.
The reserve motor life-boat City of Bradford was being taken by a Ballycotton crew from Ballycotton to Baltimore, when about 2.30 in the afternoon she saw a fishing boat two miles...