LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: MARCH 1988: Mrs Marjorie Lambert, committee member and patron of Birmingham Branch from 1985 to 1988. She had previously been vice chairman of the Edgbaston and Harborne Ladies' Guild...
Category: Obituaries
The Danish Gas Tanker Inga Tholstrup (1)
Gas tanker aground A DANISH GAS TANKER, Inga Tholstrup, ran aground on Craig Waugh, two miles south east of Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth, early in the morning of Monday November 10, 1986. Forth Coastguard alerted Dunbar lifeboat station,...
Annual Report
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Tuesday the 14th of March, 1865, His Grace the DUKE OF ARGYLL, K.T., P.O., V.P., in the Chair, the following Report of the Committee was...
Category: Annual Reports
Rescue
rescue Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from 2007 from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. See pages 20–27 for rescues marked . 1 freeD frOm rOPeS aS water riSeS A...
Category: Articles
Fishing Cobles (1)
Similar service was rendered by this Life-boat on the 10th May when five cobles were in great danger, the sea having risen very suddenly. The Lifeboat was afloat three hours, and all the boats were got safely iuto the...
(Below) 54-004',? Hull Was Broken Out of Its Mould Last September. There to Help With the Ceremony of Opening the Mould Was Councillor T. E. Hall, Ma, Lord Mayor Of
(Below) 54-004',? hull was broken out of its mould last September. There to help with the ceremony of opening the mould was Councillor T. E. Hall, MA, Lord Mayor of Bradford, seen (left) inspecting the workmanship with Lieut.-Commander W... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Lett) Blyth's D Class Inflatable Was Vandalised on 1 August 1989
(Lett) Blyth's D class inflatable was vandalised on 1 August 1989 when the boathouse was entered illegally.
Station mechanic John Scott is pictured in front of the damaged lifeboat holding the knife used to puncture the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Charles Bowry
Charles Bowry, staff coxswain from 1984 to 1986. He joined Sheerness lifeboat crew in 1969 as station mechanic and in 1970 was appointed Coxswain/Mechanic. In 1981 he was appointed Coxswain/Mechanic of Portpatrick lifeboat. 'Charlie'...
Category: Obituaries
The 39Ft Constanze Sinking By the Bow,
The 39ft Constanze sinking by the bow, broaches heavily under tow in a Force 6 to 7 wind. Despite various attempts the crew of the Dover lifeboat could not prevent her sinking just two miles away from Dover. The crew of six German yachtsmen... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Fishing Vessel
Power cut In winds of force 10-12, heavy squalls and seas of 8-1 Om, the Portpatrick lifeboat Mary Irene Millar launched to a fishing vessel with electrical failure. It was 12.55am on 8 January. Over two hours later, the lifeboat found the...