LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Smack The Frodsham, of Liverpool
On the 24th July a smack, which afterwards proved to be the Frodsham, of Liverpool, was observed from Penmon at anchor with a flag of distress flying. The Pcnmon life-boat was at once launched, and proceeded to the aid of her crew; the wind...
Spurn Life-Boat Crew (Bradford's Own) As Guard of Honour to the Prince of Wales
WHEN the Prince of Wales visited Bradford on 30th May, the Spurn Lifeboat Crew whose new Motor Boat is being provided out of the special fund raised in Bradford, and is to be named after the city played a prominent part in the welcome given...
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The Gunners' Island
PROBABLY the highest subscription per capita of any unit in the regular forces to the Institution is from the St.
Kilda detachment of the Royal Artil- lery Guided Weapons Range in the Outer Hebrides.
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A mother's tale
A mother grieving for her drowned son is helping the RNLI to raise awareness of water safety
Plamen Petkov had appeared to be like any other visitor to the beach, until he drowned saving the...
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New Ways of Raising Money
Four girls of St. Margaret's House, Huyton College, Huyton, Liverpool— Janet Cranna, Penny Thomber, Jenny Giffin and Anne Mortimer—sent the following letter to the R.N.L.I.: 'Enclosed is a postal order for 14s. 6d. which is the total...
Category: Donations
(Below) a Guess-The-Weight Competition Run By Ley Tonstone Branch at a Hospital Fete Last Summer Raised £30 for the Lifeboat Service 'struggling'' to Lift the Bag (It Weig
(Below) A guess-the-weight competition run by Ley tonstone branch at a hospital fete last summer raised £30 for the lifeboat service. 'Struggling'' to lift the bag (it weighed 6 Ib) are two branch members, W. H. A.View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The RNLI and us
Mayday, our national fundraising event, really seemed to capture the hearts of RNLI supporters – including some household names. Here’s why they pulled on yellow wellies to show their RNLI support …
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The S.S. Lady Anne
CAISTER.—Signal guns having been fired by the lightships, the Caister No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden was launched at3 P.M. on the 10th January during a W.
wind and a very thick fog, and sailed to the south part of the Middle...
The S.S. Ballyhalbert
Troon, Ayrshire. At 2.30 on the morning of the 9th of January, 1958, the Portpatrick coastguard told the honor- ary secretary that the S.S. Ballyhalbert of Belfast was aground hah0 a mile north of Ardrossan. At three o'clock the...
The S.S. Santa Rita
The Motor Life- boat Lord Southborough (Civil Service No. 1) was launched at 6.40 A.M. on the 31st October, as information had been received from the Coastguard that a vessel was on the Tongue Sand. She found the s.s. Santa Rita, of Panama,...