LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lee Johnson
Lee Johnson, the owner of a hairdressing salon in Lymington, raised £180 for the lifeboats with a raffle for a doll's house. He sold £90 worth of tickets himself and Lymington ladies' guild sold the rest.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Boat
Three men were rescued on the 12th January in a strong southerly gale by the Life-boat Sarah Brooshfft, Kirk Ella, after having passed the night on a beacon on a rock upwards of three miles from the shore.
It appeared that...
A Motor Pinnace belonging to Yacht Westward
Soutbend-on-Sea, Essex. — On the night of the 22nd May a message was received from the watchman at the pierhead that a motor pinnace, belonging to the schooner yacht Westward, which was anchored off the pier, was drifting rapidly to the west...
A Seaplane
At 9 A.M. on the 15th December the military authorities reported that signals of dis- tress had been observed in St. Andrews Bay. In response the Motor Life-boat Maria was launched. She proceeded to St. Andrews Bay, where she found an...
List of the Rewards for Saving Life from Wrecks, Voted By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
GOD HELP OUR MEN AT SEA.
VOTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, TO THE CREWS OF ITS LIFE-BOATS, TO SHORE AND FISHING-BOATS* CREWS, AND OTHER PERSONS, FROM THE 1ST JANUARY TO THE 31ST DECEMBER,...
Category: Articles
A Converted Ex-Ship's Life-Boat
Rhyl, Flintshire - At i.i p.m. on 24th July, 1967, information was received that two flares had been seen north west of the life-boat station. The life-boat Anthony Robert Marshall was launched at i.io in astrong west south westerly breeze...
The RNLI and me: Fern Britton
The TV presenter and author talks Cornwall, creativity and crabbing
What inspired someone who’s spent a lot of their life around London to write about a tiny Cornish fishing village? I’ve loved Cornwall, especially Looe,...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Dione
Dover, Kent.—At 12.48 on the after- noon of the 8th of July, 1956, the Sandgate coastguard reported that two ships had been in collision five miles south-east of South Foreland in thick fog. The life-boat Southern Africa put out at 1.10. The...
Altivo, of Lisbon
On the night of the 23rd February, a vessel was ob- served on shore inside the South Tail Sand- bank, Bideford Bay. The wind was blowing a gale at the time from W.N. W. The Hope life-boat was promptly launched, and pro- ceeded towards the...
A Drifter
24th August. A drifter ran ashore, but got off on the flowing tide.—Rewards, £4 19s. Qd..