LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Stations of the United Kingdom
XII.—GROOMSPORT.
The Florence, 32 feet long, 7 feet 6 inches beam, ! 10 oars. j A LIFE-BOAT was first stationed at this small i fishing port by the Institution in 1858; in 1867 it ! was replaced by the present boat, the...
Category: Articles
The Merchant Cargo Ship Est
Hostage drama Invergordon lifeboat crew came under attack when they went to the aid of the merchant cargo ship fst, where the ship's first mate had allegedly taken his shipmates hostage Lifeboat crew are trained to be ready for anything,...
The Netherlands Motor Vessel Musketier
SEVEN MEN RESCUED FROM DUTCH MOTOR VESSEL Anstruther, Fife. At 9.30 on the morning of the 2nd November, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Netherlands motor vessel Muskctier of Groningen, was aground on Balcomie...
Wading into the unknown
When a 6-year-old girl died of polio after swimming at a sewage-contaminated beach, her grieving parents sparked a campaign that would leave a lasting public legacy
Caroline Wakefield died...
Category: Articles
The Navy's Tribute to the Life-Boat Service
ON 8th February, 1940, the Institution received the following letter from Sir Archibald Carter, K.C.B., K.C.I.E., Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty: " I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to inform you that they...
Category: Correspondence
Persevere and the Golden Spray
AUGUST 28TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At mid-day, during an air battle over the sea, a German bomber was seen to crash about three miles E.N.E. of the life-boathouse.
The sea was smooth, with a light easterly wind. The motor...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Leslie Charles Pennycord, of Selsey. He has been an officer of the boat for seventeen years, four years as second-coxswain and thirteen as cox- swain..
Category: Articles
Portrait on the Cover
The portrait on the cover is of Coxswain John Thomas Lord, of Ramsey, Isle of Man. After serving as bowman of the Ramsey life-boat for nearly three years, he was appointed coxswain in October, 1930..
Category: Articles
The Thames on Trial
Stages in the self-righting trials of the 50ft Thames type at Brooke Marine Ltd, Lowestoft, in May and pictures of her at speed off the Suffolk coast by courtesy of Ford Jenkins and Brooke Marine Ltd. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Beauty and the Beast!
Pictured in full crew kit is area organiser Bill Leech, with one of the lady models, Beverley Clarke. - View image in PDF
(Our apologies to the good-humoured Bill Leech for the headline! - Ed) Photo Richard Suthons. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs