LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (6)
FEBRUARY 24TH. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. An ex-coxswain, an exsecond coxswain and two farm workers helped to make up the life-boat’s crew. - Rewards, £20...
An Aeroplane (46)
JULY 19TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A German aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £4 10s..
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 10th October, 1889.
Colonel FitzRov CLAYTON, V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Finance and Correspondence,...
Category: Committee
(Above) After Her Naming Ceremony at Shoreham on Thursday May 2 By Lady Egremont President of the Ladies' Lifeboat Guilds Mary Gabriel 37' 6" Rather Class Wa
(Above) After her naming ceremony at Shoreham on Thursday, May 2, by Lady Egremont, president of the ladies' lifeboat guilds, Mary Gabriel, 37' 6" Rather Class, was taken to her station, Hoylake, in Cheshire. A service of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Ex-Landing Barge
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 11.28 in the morning of the 19th of March, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel two miles south-east of the North Goodwin Lightvessel, was drifting south, apparently with no crew, and the life-boat Prudential was...
An Aeroplane (4)
JANUARY 27TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.
An unknown aeroplane had been reported by the Dublin military authorities to be down in the sea, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £10 13s..
News from the Branches. 1st August to 31st October, 1935
1st August to 31st October, 1935.
Greater London.
CLAPHAM.—Whist drive, with address by the assistant district organizing secretary.
HAYES.—Annual meeting on 31st October. Speaker :...
Category: Branches
Windsor Lad II and Isabella
Filey, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 25th of October, 1949, while two local fishing cobles were out fishing, the south-easterly wind increased almost to a gale. The life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 11.10 in a heavy swell and finding...
Memoir of the Late Rear-Adml. Washington, F.R.S.
BY RICHARD LEWIS, ESQ., BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
IT is with deep regret we record the death of REAR-ADMIRAL WASHINGTON, Hydrographer of the Admiralty. He died at Havre, on the 16th September last, after a painful illness of...
Category: Obituaries
On July 12 at the Baltic Exchange London His Excellency the Greek Ambassador
On July 12, at the Baltic Exchange, London, His Excellency The Greek Ambassador presented nautical gallantry medals to the men who were coxswain and crew ofSt Peter Port lifeboat when, on January 4, 1979, she had, together with helicopters,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs