LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On the 17th November, the schooner Remedy, of Whitstable, was in a very dangerous position near the Admiralty Pier during a fearful gale of wind. The Royal Wiltshire life-boat put off, and re- mained by the vessel till she was out of...

Lowestoft: On September 17, 1977, Lowestoft's 47' Watson lifeboat Frederick Edward Crick went to the help of Chycaron; the motor cruiser's engines were out of action and her anchor fouled. Two crew members were put aboard and the... - View image in PDF

The wreck of the s.s. Maiorese, of Liverpool, on the 23rd May was unhappily attended by the sad loss of four lives through the vessel foundering very suddenly. The steamer, whilst bound from Liverpool to Genoa with a general cargo,...

By the death, on 16th April, of Mr.

Charles Noden, of Blackpool, at the age of 82, the Institution has lost a very warm friend and devoted worker. He was a firm advocate of the Life-boat Cause, and his cheery personality...

PERHAPS Mr. Plimsoll, in the interest of Saving Life at Sea, has done no more useful thing than pressing on the atten- tion of Parliament the necessity for addi- tional precautions and legal requirements to prevent the shifting of grain and...

FEBRUARY 1ST. - LERWICK, SHETLANDS.

At 3.7 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel ashore on Holm of Cruester, Lerwick Harbour, and signalling by siren. She was asking for a pilot and the lifeboat.

A sponsored marathon swim was undertaken by four young men in aid of Thurso ladies' life-boat guild funds. About £300 was raised. The swim continued from the evening of Friday, llth December, until 6p.m. on Sunday, 13th December,...

By the death of Mrs. Lallow, Honorary Secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild at West Cowes, on 8th March, the Institution has lost one of its most successful and enthusiastic honorary workers. Mrs. Lallow had been a Lifeboat worker for...