LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 5.36 on the afternoon of the 25th of October, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that the cabin cruiser Chrisian, with one man on board, needed help about twelve miles north-west by west of Beachy Head. The S.S....

(below) a plank is carefully positioned and fastened in the age-old way.. - View image in PDF

At 6.30 P.M. on the 23rd January a message was received stating that a vessel was in distress about ten miles off Trevose Head. The Institution's tug was dispatched to her assistance, but in the darkness failed to find the vessel. She...

The fishwives of Cullercoats last year collected £259. One fishwife, Mrs.

B. Mattison, alone collected over £258 of that total, a record sum for one collector; and the Institution has since had £ig from the R...

Newhaven, Sussex. — At 7.5 On the evening of the 28th of August, 1950, the coastguard reported that a vessel, with another in tow, had broken down off Beachy Head lighthouse. Later reports said that the vessels were drifting. At 8.8 the life...

IN 1889 Mr. EGBERT BAYLY, of Torr Grove, Ply month, a member of the Local Committee of the Port of Plymouth Branch of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTI- TUTION, published, with the sanction of the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce, of which he...

The Duke of Atholl (centre) with (from left) Andy Wallace, past president, Mrs Frank Bull, Mr David Woodworth and new president Mr Frank Bull. - View image in PDF

photograph by courtesy of Southern Evening Echo. - View image in PDF

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