LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Schooner (1)
DE C . 1 S T. - MARGATE, KENT. A schooner had been sunk by enemy action four miles away and the life-boat found only the masthead of the vessel and no sign of the crew. It was learned later that the crew had been rescued by another vessel.-...
An Armed Trawler
DECEMBER 23RD. - FENIT, CO. KERRY.
An armed trawler, 70 miles away, was reported to be making for Berehaven, with her fore-hold full of water. She could not be found, but it was learnt later that she reached safety. -...
An Aeroplane (53)
JUNE 6TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
Signals of distress had been reported 10 miles away, but the life-boat was recalled, as a destroyer had picked up the crew of an aeroplane. - Rewards, £18 10s..
Ocean Viking and a Barge
Dungeness, Kent.—At 5.28 on the afternoon of the 23rd of August, 1953, the Lade coastguard rang up to say that the local pilot cutter had reported that the fishing boat Ocean Viking, which was towing a derelict barge with nobody on board,...
Annual Report. 1890
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, held at Princes' Hall, Piccadilly, on Saturday, 15th day of March, 1890, His Grace The DUKE OF FIFE, K.T., in the Chair, the following Report of the Committee was...
Category: Annual Reports
Rentokil
Her Majesty The Queen fest Control * Timber Preservation Services* Products An admittedly modest quid pro quo You save lives. We save buildings.
Including, we're pleased to say, many R.N.L.I. stations.
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Penboch
On the evening of the 3rd of July, 1955, the Lytham-St. Anne's life-boat rescued five men from the yacht Penboch, which had gone aground two miles from Southport pier. For a full account of this service, for which Coxswain Joseph...
None (21)
JULY 23RD. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A message had been received that a yacht was flying distress signals two miles off the Nore Light Vessel, but no yacht in distress could be found.-Rewards, £6 10s..
Testerossa (1)
A busy month for St Ives On 21 May 2006, relief Mersey class Royal Shipwright attended the 21m Testerossa, 27 miles north west of St Ives in near-galeforce winds. Sennen Cove's Tyne class Norman Salvesen joined in to achieve 5 knotsto St...
A Windfall
THE Institution has received, under the will of a civil servant of London, a legacy of ten guineas. The will was made in 1916, but the legacy to the Institution was contained in a codicil dated 7th December, 1929. That day was the height...
Category: Donations