LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Goldbell
On the night of the 21st June the coastguard tele- phoned that a ship was ashore on Beachy Head ledge. The sea was smooth, but there was a very thick fog.
The Eastbourne life-boat was off ser- vice for overhaul and the...
To Show That He Is Still Young at 60 Gordon Gav/Or Planned a Marathon of 12 Sports
To show that he is still young at 60, Gordon Gav/or planned a marathon of 12 sports which he had to complete within 12 hours. In order of performance, they were: glider flying, swimming, boxing, cycling, roller skating, accordion playing,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Thanks from the Admiralty
Following the assistance given by the Bembridge life-boat to H.M.S. Submarine Alliance after she had grounded in January, 1968, Admiral Sir John Frewen, K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, wrote to the Institution: 'I should like to...
Category: Correspondence
Looking at Lifeboats the Arun Class
Continuing a series of profiles of lifeboat classes By Keith Thatcher RNLI Naval Architect TI he RNLI's experiment with an in the Waveney class proved to Institution turned its attention to tended service...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Royal Standard
During a thick fog, with a strong S.E. wind and choppy sea, on the 13th April, information reached the Coxswain of the Life-boat Matthew Middlewood that a steamer was signalling for assistance, apparently on the S. Smethic...
Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards
SOUTH BANK, LONDON, TUESDAY MAY 17 1982: 1,281 people rescued; nearly £16 million raised NOT MANY spring or early summer days have been sunny this year, but Tuesday May 17, when RNLI people from all parts of England, Ireland, Scotland...
Category: Meetings
The Scarweather Lightvessel
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At7.14 on the morning of the 4th of March, 1956, the coastguard reported that a man in the Scarweather lightvessel had collapsed and needed hospital treat- ment. At 7.29 the Superintendent of Trinity House at...
The S.S. Sphene
Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 1.10 P.M. on the 22nd March, 1939, a steamer was reported ashore on the Plough Reef, one mile east of Holy Island. The weather was fine but cold, with a W.N.W. breeze and a choppy sea. The motor life-boat...
The Sailing Boat Janet
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 2.40 on the afternoon of the 2nd of August, 1952, the sailing boat Janet, racing with a crew of two about two hundred yards off shore, was seen to capsize, and the life-boat William Gammon—Manchester and...
The Sailing Ship Maria Asumpta (1)
Three lifeboats search for survivors from wrecked sailing ship Lifeboats from three stations were involved in the search for survivors when the 137-year-old sailing ship Maria Asumpta foundered after running ashore on the rocky North...