LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
RNLI News
Knighthood for RNLI Chairman The RNLFs chairman became Sir Michael Vernon when he was made a Knight Bachelor in the Queen's New Year Honours list in recognition of his services to the Institution.
Sir Michael joined the...
Category: Articles
Fine Gael
JULY 10TH. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD.
At midnight on the 9th July one of the life-boatmen reported to the coxswain that the small boat Fine Gael had notreturned. She had been taken out at about seven in the evening by three...
March
MARCH Launches 87. Lives rescued 109.
MARCH 1ST. - WELLS, NORFOLK. At 12.55 P.M. the coastguard reported a ship’s boat adrift about two miles N.N.W. of their lookout. A moderate easterly wind was blowing, with a moderate...
Category: Services
Dive for Treasure:
Dive for treasure: Members of the Hoyland Sub-Aqua Club raised more than £400 bv taking to drv land for a sponsored bed push from Hoyland to Barnsley. But to be true to their sport they decided the best place to present the cheque would... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To THOMAS PATTON, on his retirement, alter serving for 27J years as Coxswain of the Portrush Life-boat, a Coxswain's Certificate of Service, and a Pension.
To MATTHEW GRUNNILL, on his retirement, after serving for 23J...
Category: Awards
A Gallant Rescue In the Moray Firth
ON the morning of 27th January, 1937, the Russian steamer Kingissepp, of Leningrad, was anchored about a mile off the harbour of Nairn on the Moray Firth. An easterly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. A boat was seen to put off from the...
Category: Services
Message from the Chairman
Towards the close of a year in which greater demands were made on the life-boat service than ever before, I would like to congratulate everyone connected with the service on their splendid achievements and to wish them all a very happy...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter
HER MAJESTY Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Patron of the Institution, will be the guest of honour at this year's annual presentation of awards meeting on May 15. She will address the meeting and present the awards for gallantry and...
Category: Articles
Santa Lucia
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 9th of August, 1952, the coastguards reported that a motor yacht was drifting out of control about five miles off Warden Point, one mile south of Red Sands Fort, and flying a flag from...
A Meteor Aircraft (2)
Cromer, and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 11.22 on the morning of the 24th of July, 1952, the Cromer coastguard telephoned the Cromer life-boat station that the R.A.F. at Neatishead had reported a Meteor aircraft as having...