LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lieutenant Mr. F. W. Hayes, R.N.R., Late District Inspector of Life-Boats
Lieutenant F. W. Hayes, E.N.B., late District Inspector of Life-boats, died in a nursing home on 21st August. He was only in his thirty-fourth year. He was educated at Malvern College, and then became a cadet on H.M.S....
Category: Obituaries
Bradford's Life-Boat Matinee
THE twenty-seventh Annual Life-boat Matinee, organized by Mr. Francis Laid- ler, took place on 10th November last.
The programme included some twenty " turns," among those who took part being the principal...
Category: Articles
Lifesaving evolution
While our lifesaving purpose has always stayed the same, our rescue map has constantly evolved since 1824 – so what are the latest developments around the coast?
We have 235 established...
Category: Articles
ALDEBURGH’S ACORNS
Legend has it that carrying acorns will bring you good luck and longevity. At Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station, it’s a belief that has been rooted for 117 years. Why? Because for one lifeboatman, the legend came true.
Augustus...
Category: Articles
International Lifeboat Exhibition
PLYMOUTH, JULY 19. A brilliant day with the sun beating down on a cluster of white marquees in West Hoe Park, close by the sea; an atmosphere of cheerful expectancy; flags flying; the Royal Marine Band breaking into the gaiety of...
Category: Articles
Some Ways of Raising Money
Himley Hall SC, a small family sailing club with its waters in beautiful Himley Park, West Midlands, held a 24-hour sponsored race over a May weekend in both 1976 and 1977. Twelve teams took part in the first year and ten the second, with...
Category: Donations
Annual Meeting
THE eighty-ninth Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION was held in the Whitehall Rooms on Wednesday, April 16th, 1913, at 3 P.M. The Right Hon.
the Lord Mersey, P.O., presided, and amongst...
Category: Meetings
Ivo Luc
Wick, Caithness-shire.—On the 10th February, 1938, the Belgian motor fishing vessel Ivo Luc, of Zeebrugge, had a breakdown of her engine while fishing off Clythness. She carried a crew of four. A fresh N.N.E. gale was blowing, with a rough...
The Admiralty Mooring Vessel Moorpout
Stornoway, Hebrides. At 10.45 on the night of the 30th of January, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the Admiralty mooring vessel Moorpout, which intended to call at Stornoway at midnight to land a sick man, needed...
Leersum
Penlee, Cornwall. At 5.30 on the even- ing of the 18th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that there was a call for medical help from the motor vessel Leersum of Amsterdam, which would be off Penlee Point at...