LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Llunelli Asc Organised a Sponsored Sea Swim In August and Raised £145 £80 of Which Was Raised By Susan Roach Who Presented the Cheque to Mrs Dorothy William
Llunelli ASC organised a sponsored sea swim in August and raised £145, £80 of which was raised by Susan Roach who presented the cheque to Mrs Dorothy Williams, chairman of Burry Port ladies' guild. Burry Port ILB was herself... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The 46Ft 9In Watson Relief Lifeboat William Gammon Manchester and District Xxx on Temporary Duty at Cromer Launches on Service to Diana V Photographs By Cou
The 46ft 9in Watson relief lifeboat William Gammon, Manchester and District XXX, on temporary duty at Cromer, launches on service to Diana V. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of Poppyland Photographs. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(8)—Frank Bloom's Occupation Is Oyster Fishing, Which He Does With Les Wall, a Retired Life-Boatman, In the Backwaters at Walton.
(8)—Frank Bloom's occupation is oyster fishing, which he does with Les Wall, a retired life-boatman, in the backwaters at Walton.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Union Crystal (1)
Union Crystal sinks JUST BEFORE 1915 on Wednesday, November 16, 1977, the honorary secretaries of both Sennen Cove and St Ives lifeboat stations were informed by Lands End Coastguard that the 499-ton coaster Union Crystal was in trouble 12...
Your Letters
More Lifeboats at Dunkirk In your Autumn issue lifeboat enthusiast Jeff Morris states that 19 lifeboats from the RNLI attended the evacuation of Dunkirk during 1940. He is right to say that 19 lifeboats went to Dunkirk but wrong in thus...
Category: Correspondence
The Thames Church Mission
THERE are few sailors in the habit of trading to the river who will not be acquainted with the Swan, a dandy-rigged cutter, that serves as the Thames Floating Church, and may generally be seen lying alongside one of the sections of colliers...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
PALLING, NORFOLK.—About 1 A.M.
on the 9th March the schooner Vixen of Fowey was wrecked on the beach about two and a half miles to the north of Palling. She was laden with burnt ore and was bound from London to the Tyne....
Category: Services
Lifeguards Work Wet Summer
LIFEGUARDS WORK WET SUMMER Despite the met Offi ce reporting the wettest may–July since records began, RnLi lifeguards in england were very much in demand. in particular, spring tides led to a number of mass rescues, one of which you can...
Category: Articles
Not All Services Are Hazardous! on a Glorious October Evening.
Not all services are hazardous! On a glorious October evening.
Yarmouth lifeboat Is photographed heading out on exercise, with Hurst Castle and Lignl visible m the background.
Photo Or Nigel Reid.View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Spurn Head and Its Spit Are Fascinating Geological Features
Spurn Head and its spit are fascinating geological features - but they are a problem for the RNLI and the Humber Pilots who both operate there.
The lifeboat can be seen lying afloat off the T-shape pier on the left of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs