LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Wings of the Morning and Jonarra
Margate, Kent. At 5.19 on the after- noon of the 3rd of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat appeared to be in difficulties two miles east of Tongue Sand Fort. The life-boat North Fore- land (Civil...
A Patchwork Quilt Big Enough for a Double Bed Was Handmade By Members Ofbangor Ladies' Guild Co Down the Material for the Multi-Coloured Quilt Was Generousl
A patchwork quilt, big enough for a double bed, was handmade by members ofBangor ladies' guild, Co. Down. The material for the multi-coloured quilt was generously donated by Whiteweave of Belfast. The ladies who assembled the quilt are... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Boat Institution and Salvage of Property
IF any excuse were necessary for again reverting to this subject in these pages, it is assuredly to be found in its importance to all concerned, viz., the owners of ships and cargoes; the various marine insurance and salvage associations;...
Category: Articles
Helsingoe, of Elsinore
The following account of an additional noble and great service recently performed by the same valuable life-boat cannot fail to be read with much interest. These details have been furnished by the Rev. G. W.
STEWARD, the...
La Fee des Ondes
Peel, Isle of Man. At 1.10 early on the morning of the 26th of March, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorarysecretary that a French trawler was ashore on Peel Island. At 1.40 the life- boat Helena Harris—Manchester and District XXXI was...
Her Grace the Duchess of Portland
President of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The "Suevic."
The White Star liner Suevic has been sold to a Norwegian firm, and is to be converted into a floating whale-oil factory. It was from this 12,000-ton liner that Life-boats rescued 456 lives twenty-two years ago. On the night of 17th March,...
Category: Articles
The Twenty Branches With the Highest Collection
WE publish on page 17 a table showing the twenty Branches which made the largest contributions to the Institution during the financial year ending the 30th September, 1929.
The total sum raised by these twenty Branches was...
Category: Branches
In March the Crew of the Salcombe Life-Boat Visited London As Guests of the Baltic Exchange Who Presented the Boat In 1962
In March the crew of the Salcombe life-boat, The Baltic Exchange, visited London as guests of the Baltic Exchange who presented the boat in 1962.
They were accompanied by their coxswain, Mr. Hubert Distin, and honorary... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Caudebec
Falmouth, Cornwall. —• About four o'clock in the afternoon of the 2nd ofFebruary, 1950, a message was received that a vessel was dragging and in danger of going on the rocks at Black Rock, in Falmouth Harbour. At 4.15 the...