LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (12)
APRIL 7TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported in distress and a white flare seen, but while searching the life-boat was recalled by the naval authorities. - Rewards, £8 18s..
An Aeroplane (76)
MAY 2ND. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, and part of it was above water. Attempts were made to recover the bodies of her crew, but they were unsuccessful. - Rewards, £7 12s. 6d.
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Services of Life-Boats
BUDEHAVEN, NORTH CORNWALL. —On the 9th of October last, the Margaret, a sloop belonging to Bideford, was observed to strike heavily on the Chapel-rock, off the entrance of Budehaven, and then to bound off into deep water, evidently with...
Category: Services
Trouble on the Trap
The following account by Commander Erroll Bruce, R.N.(Retd. editor ofMotor Boat and Yachting, appeared in the edition for i8th September, 1964, and is reproduced with his kind permission. He is a former member of the Longhope life-boat crew...
Category: Articles
After Opening the Lifeboat Exhibition at Plymouth on July 19 Hrh the Duke of Kent Flew By Helicopter to Sennen Cove Conwall to Name Diana White Semen's New 3
After opening the Lifeboat Exhibition at Plymouth on July 19, HRH the Duke of Kent flew by helicopter to Sennen Cove, Conwall, to name Diana White, Semen's new 37' 6" Rather lifeboat. Nigel Warington Smyth, OBE, a vice-president... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 13th October, 1904.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
An Impressive Rescue at Newhaven
IT was just after dark on the 26th of March (at 7.12 p.m.) when the coast- guard at Newhaven reported a trawler drifting shorewards, something less than a mile south-east of the harbour.
Quarter of an hour later he said she...
Category: Services
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 6 A.M. on the 8th April the Coastguard reported that a three-masted steamer was ashore on the north side of Rattray Head. The No. 1 Life-boat George Pickard was launched without delay and proceeded, under sails,...
Category: Services
An Invitation to All Supporters
Annual Presentation of Awards ' It has been a busy year for the RNLI - in fact, probably its busiest ever in 181 years. Supporters are now invited to reflect on the events of 2005 at a very special day.The RNLI's Annual General...
Category: Articles