LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Glencoe, Mistley, Cambria, Decima, Nelson,Verona and Houston City
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT SOUTHEND - ON - SEA DECEMBER 6-11TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. The gale of the 5th of December, in which the motor life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3) had been out for five hours and had towed in a...
The S.S. Wallace Rose and the Ex-Norwegian Steamer Rusk
OCTOBER 20TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD.
At 10.45 A.M. the S.S. Wallace Rose entered the bay flying signals for a boat and stretcher, as she had shipwrecked men on board. The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was...
September Three: Naming Ceremonies at Aberdeen Weymouth and Ramsgate
Aberdeen, Wednesday, September 8: Lowering skies, spatters of rain and a chill wind greeted guests invited to Aberdeen's Regent Quay for the naming ceremony of the station's new 54' Arun class lifeboat, BP Forties; but the...
Category: Inaugurations
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
May
Launches 53. Lives rescued 27.
MAY 1ST. - CROMARTY. At 7.40 A.M. a message was received from the Cromarty coastguard that two airmen had been seen in the sea off Brora, and at 8.20 A.M. the motor life-boat James Macfee was...
Category: Services
An Important National Question
WE have frequently had occasion to allude to the feet—to the astounding fact—that an annual average of more than 700 human beings suffer death by drowning, from shipwreck or collision, on the shores and in the waters of the United Kingdom...
Category: Articles
Eastbourne: a New D Class Ilb Has Been Donated By Downland Eastbourne Round Table and About 250 People Including the Mayor and Member of Parliament Wer
Eastbourne: A new D class ILB has been donated by Downland Eastbourne Round Table and about 250 people, including the Mayor and Member of Parliament, were present at the handing over ceremony on Saturday July I . Dick Barnhoorn fc.j,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bridlington Lifeboat the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King Launches to Escort Fishing Cobles and Motor Fishing Vessels Back to Harbour Through Strong Gale Force Win
Bridlington lifeboat, the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King, launches to escort fishing cobles and motor fishing vessels back to harbour through strong gale force winds: January 28, 1975.
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Category: Photographs