LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Latvian Steamer Taut Mila (1)
JANUARY 29TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, AND CROMER, NORFOLK.
News was received at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston that an open boat containing sixteen survivors from the Latvian steamer Taut Mila, which had been damaged...
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
Obvarte.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, It mlnnte letters, "L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in 1824. Incorporated 1860. Victoria, Patroness." Reverie.—Three...
Category: Medals
Sheerness: Cliff-fall teen returns with thanks
Four weeks after suffering spinal injuries falling 10m down a cliff on the Isle of Sheppey, 17-year-old
Logan Enfield called in to Sheerness Lifeboat Station to thank the crew who came to his rescue.
Logan, visiting...
Category: Articles
Peep Into the Past
100 years ago The summer 1906 issue of the Journal featured an old sea dogliterally - in a report on the Clacton lifeboat, which went to the aid of a wrecked schooner Renner. The schooner's captain had been reluctant to leave his beloved...
Category: Articles
Past Times (1)
Man overboard The dangers of the sea were tragically demonstrated on 18 March 2006 when David Clear was washed off his yacht, Past Times, off St Aldhelm's Head near Swanage, Dorset. His inexperienced crew member made a Mayday call but...
Washed away
Flood rescue has unique risks and challenges but, with specialist skills and determination, achievement against the odds is possible as our volunteers found in Umberleigh and St Asaph...
Category: Articles
Pub Rush
On a chilly December evening a team from Littlehampton fundraising branch set out on their annual pub rush and collected cash in aid of the RNLI.
Wearing yellow oilskins and carrying collection boxes and buckets, they aimed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Full-Rigged ShipForrest Hall
LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON.—Telegrams were received at about 7 P.M. on the 12th January asking for assistance to a vessel showing signals of distress off Grore Point.
Almost immediately after the messages had been received the...
The Half-Pence Scheme
The half-pence scheme My grandad and nan have been saving half-pennies for the lifeboat service for 28 years. Of course they receive a receipt for what they hand in but my brother Paul and I feel sure they would love to see a few words of...
Category: Correspondence
FROM OARS TO WATERJETS
What has a 25-knot all-weather craft powered with waterjets got in common with a £300 wooden boat with 10 oars? They’re both fundraising targets set by The Lifeboat Fund – the UK civil service charity set up in aid of the RNLI. When the...
Category: Articles