LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Letters
Fraserburgh lifeboat My son Jim and I were two of the people rescued by Fraserburgh lifeboat last summer when the yacht Blanche got into trouble in a force 8 gale. We were most impressed by both the efficiency and humanity of the coxswain...
Category: Correspondence
A Canoeist Comes Ashore at Dugort Pier After a Rescue By the Achill Lifeboat
A canoeist comes ashore at Dugort Pier after a rescue by the Achill lifeboat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Hilda Ford,
AUGUST 1993 Mrs Hilda Ford, a founder member of Margate ladies' guild in 1957 and honorary secretary for many years. She was made an honorary life governor in 1975 having previously been awarded a Gold badge in 1961..
Category: Obituaries
Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, Dec. 6, 1855. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair.' Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Committees.
Read and...
Category: Committee
The Cork Waist Life-Belt
N the 22nd number of this Journal we described these life-belts, with which all the life-boat crews in connexion with the NA- TIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION are provided, and which they are required to wear on every occasion of their going...
Category: Articles
Lifeboats In Action
THE LIFEGUARDS Thanks on Vellum Lifeguard Mirk John ion lor his 'courage, determination in heavy surf conditions ar d professional efficiency ' Chiel Executive's LeTter of Thanks Lifeguard Alan Wheeler for tus 'courage,...
Category: Services
THE FIRST 'specialist holiday' long weekend for lifeboat enthusiasts, held at Skidden House Hotel in March, proved to be a great success.
THE FIRST 'specialist holiday' long weekend for lifeboat enthusiasts, held at Skidden House Hotel in March, proved to be a great success. The party visited St Ives, Sennen Cove, Lizard- Cadgwith and Penlee lifeboat stations, meeting... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Llfeboat Services
South Eastern Division Twenty rescued CAPE COAST, a 2,650 ton Panamanian cargo vessel, broadcast on Channel 16 VHP at 0327 on Wednesday January 10 that she was in distress and taking water in her engine room; she was 2.2 miles from Nab Tower...
Category: Services
Two Dinghies (6)
Seven lifeboat stations involved in 21 hour search for missing anglersA complex service on 14 April 1991 involved all seven lifeboat stations from Dover to Newhaven, lasted 21 hours and involved searching of an area of 3,400 square miles for...
The Bridlington Life-Boat—A 37-Ft Oakley Selfrighting Type—Heading Into Stormy Weather.
The Bridlington life-boat—a 37-ft Oakley selfrighting type—heading into stormy weather.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs