LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Challenge to Branches
The Record of Campbeltown, Southend and Machrihanish (Argyllshire).IT will be remembered that in the last issue of The Lifeboat we published a table showing the length of service of j the Committees of a number of the j Institution's...
Category: Branches
THE LANGDON LEGACY
It's 27 March 1941. Two days after being attacked by a squadron of Luftwaffe bombers, the SS Somali, a large convoy ship, burns a mile off the Northumberland coast. Intent on saving her cargo, crew from a salvage tug board to assess the...
Category: Articles
Just One of the Many Naming Ceremonies for Inshore Lifeboats Held In Wales During September
Just one of the many naming ceremonies for inshore lifeboats held in Wales during September - the D class at Conwy. Miss Joan Bate names the station's new D class Arthur Bate after her brother who provided the legacy which funded the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Sailboard
Windsurfer saved in raging gale Windsurfer Peter Waters was enjoying a great day in the surf at Porthcawl on 26 January 2002 when a sudden wind knocked him through his sail and into the water. 'I was about half a mile out to sea,' he...
Seven Houses Are Being Built at Spurn Head for the Humber Lifeboat Crews This Is a Desolate Spot of Land and If the Rnli Did Not Provide Housing There Would Be No Crew F
DONATE A HOUSE? Seven houses are being built at Spurn Head for the Humber lifeboat crews. This is a desolate spot of land and if the RNLI did not provide housing there would be no crew for the boat.
The total cost is... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 14th January, 1909.
The Right Hon. the EARL OF HARDWICKE in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Coxswain John Fox (Right) and His Son Michael Were Both In the Crew of Shoreham Lifeboat Dorothy and Philip Constant When on August 5 Albin Ballad and Her Crew
Coxswain John Fox (right) and his son Michael were both in the crew of Shoreham Lifeboat Dorothy and Philip Constant when, on August 5, Albin Ballad and her crew of three were rescued during a south westerly gale force 9. Coxswain Fox, who... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution—continued
POHTHDINLLAEN, NORTH WALES. At ,' 11 o'clock on the night of the 6th Sept., j 1884, the coxswain of the Life-boat, took up his station at the watch-house, j so as to be in readiness should the ser-vices of the boat be required, as...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1954
Persons Time of rescued from 1954. Launching. shipwreck.
Jan. 6. 2.0 p.m. Fishing coble Provider. Flamborough life-boat escorted boat.
„ 6. 4.0 p.m. Fishing boats Betty...
Category: Services
'A twist of fate'
It’s Saturday 14 June, the day before Father’s Day. A gentle swell is building off Redcar, Cleveland. Two boats, each carrying a father and son, are out on fishing trips. The crew of one vessel will soon owe the other their...
Category: Articles