LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Thalatta, of Harwich
JANUARY 19TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 2.48 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a sailing barge flying a signal.
A fresh north-west wind was blowing, with a heavy swell and squalls of snow. The motor life-boat...
The Crew of the "Henrietta" With Coxswain W. G. Fleming (Left) and the Motor Mechanic of the Gorleston Motor Life-Boat (Right)
The Crew of the "Henrietta" With Coxswain W G Fleming (Left) and The Motor Mechanic of the Gorleston Motor Life-Boat (Right). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
George R. Purdy, of North Shields
AT 4.30 in the afternoon of April 28th a steamer's whistle was heard at Newbiggin, blowing from a position north of Church Point. There was a dense fog.
A moderate breeze was blowing from E.S.E., but the sea was very...
Cakbornne, of Mylor
AUGUST 30TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
About 9.15 at night the coastguard reported flares a mile east of St.
Anthony. A moderate south-westerly breeze was blowing, with a heavy swell. The motor life-boat...
Setting Sail on a New Voyage: Crew Member Paul Frost of Rhyl Aboard the ILB With His Bride Mary Bernadette Morris After Their Wedding Last Autumn Photograph By Courte
Setting sail on a new voyage: Crew Member Paul Frost of Rhyl aboard the ILB with his bride, Mary Bernadette Morris, after their wedding last autumn. - View image in PDF
Photograph by courtesy of Rhyl Journal. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The RNLI's First Hovercraft Was Funded Thanks to the Generosity of Supporter Kay Hurley
The RNLI's first hovercraft was funded thanks to the generosity of supporter Kay Hurley of Oxfordshire. - View image in PDF
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The "Hopelyn" Service
THE presentation of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals awarded to the Coxswains and Crews of the Lowestoft Motor Life- boat and the Gorleston Pulling and Sailing Life-boat for the service to the s.s. Hopelyn on 19th-21st October, 1922, took...
Category: Services
The Old Polkerris (Cornwall) Life-Boat Now "Grey Fox," of Lyme Regis
The Old Polkerris (Cornwall) Life-Boat Now "Grey Fox" of Lyme Regis. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Islay: It Was Reported In the Spring Journal That Hrh Prince Henrik Prince Consort of Denmark Had Visited Barra Island
Islay: /( was reported in the spring journal that HRH Prince Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, had visited Barra Island and Islay lifeboat stations in January to present plaques to the crews in recognition of the efforts to rescue the crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Silent, of Cowes
The Bembridge Motor Life-boat went out on 7th December to the help of the ketch Silent, of Cowes, and found her with her head sails blown away and her windlass smashed. Although she was sinking, the men on board refused to leave her, so the...