LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Whitby, Yorkshire. — During the morning of the 19th September, 1938, anxiety was felt for the safety of two local fishing cobles—the Comrade and the Royal Empire—which were at sea.

A dense fog had settled and there was a...

THE Royal Humane Society has awarded an " in memoriam" testimonial to relatives of the late George Hanson, formerly head launcher of the Runswick life-boat, who lost his life when going to the help of a schoolmaster and a number of...

Since the last Annual Presentation of Awards Meeting the Committee of Management has awarded ten Bars to the Gold Badge and forty-eight Gold Badges.

BAR TO THE GOLD BADGE Mrs Margaret Driscoll Burnmouth Branch: Honorary...

THE LIFEBOAT MAN a New Character Study by Royal Doulton Govier's of Sidmouth are pleased to offer you this early opportunity of acquiring "The Lifeboat Man" from Royal Doulton's famous Character Study collection and at the...

THE second annual Life-boat Matinee at the Lyceum Theatre, organised by the Central London Women's Committee of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, was held on the llth December, and realised £992 after all expenses had been...

MR. J. K. BENNETTS, the honorary secretary of the Sennen Cove life-boat station, and seven other men, have been awarded certificates of commen- dation of the Royal Humane Society.

They helped to rescue five men of the crew...

Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 1.6 in the morning of the 20th of November, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a man had been badly injured on the Royal Sovereign Lightvessel. After further information had been obtained the motor life-boat Jane...

Eastbourne, Sussex. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 8th of June,1960, the coastguard asked the cox- swain for the help of the life-boat to take off a member of the crew of the Royal Sovereign lightvessel, who was seriously ill....