LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Above - Organiser Stu Bell
Above - organiser Stu Bell admires one of the fantastic exhibits from last year.
Inset - being popular is warm work for kiddies favourite, Stormy Stan, who cools down with a huge ice cream before returning to duty.View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Adamantios J. Pithis
JANUARY 27TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
The Greek steamer Adamantios J. Pithis, of Chios, had been totally wrecked at St. Ann’s Head, but a naval patrol vessel had picked up the crew. - Rewards, £8 18s.
Gordon Peters and Ray Chapman
Eight years worth of beard was shaved off Gordon Peters and Ray Chapman in front of a large crowd at the Country House Hotel in Ellacombe, Torquay, by local hairdresser Steve Siampourou. The reason was that £231 had been offered for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An American Steamer Broken In Two
The Bessemer City on the Cornish rocks. - View image in PDF
(See page 226.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Accidents to Life-Boats
A RECENT accident to one of our English fleet of Life-boats has once more enlisted the sympathies of the British people, and called forth their admiration of the humanity, courage, and endurance displayed by our sea-coast boatmen in their en...
Category: Articles
Mr. E. Selby Davidson
MR. E. SELBY DAVIDSON, who died on the 8th August, 1963, was honorary secretary of the Tynemouth life-boat station for 24 years. He was appointed in September, 1939, and from May, 1962, served as joint honor- ary secretary with Captain D....
Category: Obituaries
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures In 1987 the RNLI's lifeboats launched 3706 times (an average of over 10 times each day) and saved 1474 lives (an average of over 4 people rescued each day).
Over 35 per cent of all services carried out...
Category: Articles
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures In 1987 the RNLI's lifeboat launched 3,745 times (an average of over 10 times each day) and saved 1,491 lives (an average of over 4 people rescued each day).
Over 35 per cent of all services carried...
Category: Articles
Feature: Shoreworks
We ask the questions Providing lifeboats is an essential part of the RNLI, but making sure the facilities are in place to launch them is equally important. The building and upkeep of lifeboat stations and facilities is down to the shoreworks...
Category: Articles
Lives Lost, 1853
The whole loss of lives during the year, as far as has been ascertained, amounts to 989.
Of these, 18 went down with the Herdd, which sunk off the Start, after collision with a schooner at night, on 10th January; 83 in the...
Category: Articles