LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
For a Change the Endurance of Second Coxswain Peter Leith of Lerwick Is Being Tested
For a change, the endurance of Second Coxswain Peter Leith of Lerwick is being tested other than by hours spent at sea in bad conditions.
Here he is seen on the station's open day during an eight-hour non-stop sponsored... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Charles E. Fielding
MR. CHARLES E. FIELDING deputy chairman of the Manchester and District branch, who had been an honorary worker for the Life-boat Service for 55 years and an honorary life governor of the Institution, died in the Isle of Man in October...
Category: Obituaries
Mersey
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 2nd April, while a strong breeze was blowing from the S., the schooner Mersey, of Dublin, bound from Waterford, in ballast, for Point of Ayre, anchored near the rocks outside Conister. She was then in a dangerous...
Lifeboat Heroes
A Thames TV dinner to mark the 500th anniversary of 'This is Your Life' brought together five past and present lifeboatmen who have all been subjects of the programme.
The men, who between them have saved 1,589... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Princely Donation:
Princely donation: the Fred Olsen Lines shipping company has generously presented the RNLI with a further £2,000 to complete the purchase of a third lifeboat in its name. Already paid for by the company are a D class inflatable and an... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
YACHT IN DISTRESS
YARMOUTH | 10 DECEMBER
The all-weather lifeboat crew based at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, headed to the aid of two sailors whose yacht was in danger of losing its mast. The yacht had serious rigging failure, leaving the sailors at...
Category: Services
Cobles Sceptre, Our Boys, Golden Rule, Breadwinner and Helen Cargill
Arbroath, Angus.—At midday on the 17th December a S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain. The local fishing boats Sceptre, Our Boys, Golden Rule, Breadwinner and Helen Cargill were expected in, and as the harbour bar was very...
The news that a relative of the Fish family is working on a biography of Coxswain Charles Fish, the famous Ramsgate lifeboat men
the news that a relative of the Fish family is working on a biography of Coxswain Charles Fish, the famous Ramsgale lifeboat men who is associated with the wreck of the Indian Chief in 1881, comes a picture of David Fish, great grandson. He... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
YLA Section
All inquiries concerning YLA matters should be addressed to: Mr. Alasdair Garrett, Secretary, Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Association, 29a Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 ITT.
(Tel.: 0722-6966).FAIR...
Category: Articles
Stephen Tilsley Chairman of Bournville and District Branch
Stephen Tilsley, chairman of Bournville and District branch, receives a cheque for £625 from Martin Hunt (r), chairman of Centre Snorkelling Club. The money was raised by young members of the club, aged between seven and 17, who took... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs