LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
'Their hearts must have sunk as they watched us pass them'
It was an overcast morning on 26 August when a father and son began their fishing holiday in Cruden Bay, Aberdeen - a trip that gave them more drama than they bargained for
RNLI Peterhead...
Category: Articles
"Man the Life-Boat."
THE following lines, which graphically describe the rescue of a shipwrecked crew by one of the Life-boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, were written by WILLIAM POTTER, a coast- guardman and coxswain of the Cahore Life-boat, on the...
Category: Poetry
Life-Saving and the United States Coast Guard
MARITIME safety in the United States took a giant step forward on the 28th of January, 1915, when two historic agencies, the Revenue Cutter Service and the Lifesaving Service, were merged into a single organization known as the United States...
Category: Articles
Naming Ceremonies
Six new life-boats were named in 1955.
Four are in Scotland at Stornoway, Stronsay, Stromness, and Troon; two are in England at Southend-on-Sea and Fowey. An account of the Southend naming ceremony appeared in the September...
Category: Inaugurations
Posing for the Camera Are the 45 New Members of Storm Force
Posing for the camera are the 45 new members of Storm Force, all pupils at St Patrick's Primary School, Troon, Scotland. They are pictured with the coxswain of the local lifeboat, Ian Johnson (back row, left), the second coxswain Tom... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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A few weeks later, on May 28, a pleasure boat was returning from a lighthouse trip when her crew, Second Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic Ronald Wheeler spotted a man on the rocks signalling that somebody was injured.
Unable to...
Pictured at Bottom: the Enniskillen Crew and the Atlantic 21 Lifeboat Bienwatch on the Enniskillen Inland Waterways
Pictured at bottom: The Enniskillen crew and the Atlantic 21 lifeboat Bienwatch on the Enniskillen inland waterways Photo: Colin Watson. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Manning a Member of Coventry Ladies' Guild Committee for Nearly Ten Years Has Raised £200 for the Rnli By the Sale of Soft Toys She Has Made from Fabric Off-Cu
Mrs Manning, a member of Coventry ladies' guild committee for nearly ten years, has raised £200 for the RNLI by the sale of soft toys she has made from fabric off-cuts kindly given to the guild by a local firm.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Golden Years, the Danish Coaster Else Gitte
Hurricane force 12 STORM FORCE WINDS, gusting to hurricane force 12 from the west south west, were sweeping the west coast of Scotland on the morning of Thursday March 20, 1986, when the Troon pilot heard over his radio that the fishing...
The Lions of Trafalgar Stand Guard As Volunteers and Supporters Man the Displays and Collect Cash {Above)
The lions of Trafalgar stand guard as volunteers and supporters man the displays and collect cash {above) while Stanley Potter aka Stormy Stan fteftl looks after the children.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs