LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Fishing Vessels Astor and Leidulf
Stronsay, Orkneys.—At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 12th of May, 1956, the Kirkwall coastguard reported that a Norwegian fishing vessel was ashore on Yasa Skerry and that another in attempting to help her had also run aground. The life-boat...
Juliet, of Greenock
On the 29th December, intelligence was received here that a vessel was anchored at the entrance of the harbour, near Hell Bay, with an en- sign flying half-mast high. The wind was W.S.W., blowing a very strong gale. The Padstow life-boat was...
The Pram Dinghy Turtle
Rhyl, Flintshire.—At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 5th of July, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that the Abergele police had reported that a small boat had capsized off Llandulas, and that her crew of two were swim- ming towards Abergele....
Through the worst
Dunbar’s lifeboat and crew took a hammering on their way to saving two lives in May – would their resilience win the day?
Jonas and Ingrid Åkerblom had built the yacht Ouhm themselves. They planned to take...
Category: Articles
The Duchess of Kent
The Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution, visited the life-boat stations at Cromer and Sheringham on 23rd May, met Coxswain Henry Blogg and Coxswain James Dumble and their crews, and saw the Sheringham life-boat launched.
Category: Articles
One of the Attractions of Yeovil and District Branch's Stand at Yeovil Festival of Transport Was a Radio Controlled Model Waveney Lifeboat Built By John King Chairman of the Branch Visitors to The
One of the attractions of Yeovil and district branch's stand at Yeovil Festival of Transport was a radio controlled model Waveney lifeboat built by John King, chairman of the branch. Visitors to the show were invited to sink a saucer... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lieut-Commander the Hon Greville Howard VRD RNR a Vice-President of the RNLI Nearest the Life-Boat Picture With Mrs James Penrose Daughterin- Law Of
Lieut.-Commander The Hon. Greville Howard, V.R.D., R.N.R., a vice-president of the R.N.L.I., nearest the life-boat picture, with Mrs. James Penrose, daughterin- law of Commander Bernard Penrose of the Cornish Life-boat Appeal Committee, and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Islay, Inner Hebrides, Life-Boat Circling the Upturned Hull of the Barge Isle of Gigha Three Miles South of Chuirn Island on 11th November, 1966
The Islay, Inner Hebrides, life-boat circling the upturned hull of the barge Isle of Gigha three miles south of Chuirn Island on 11th November, 1966.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left) Abersoch: the Atlantic 21 Ilb Her Tractor and Boathouse Were A/I Provided By the People of Wolverhampton
(Left) Abersoch: The Atlantic 21 ILB, her tractor and boathouse were a/I provided by the people of Wolverhampton.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Lady Sheffield, of Manchester
By the death of Lady Sheffield on 4th January, has passed away, at the age of eighty, one of the oldest and most generous of the Institution's workers in the north of England, and one who will be remembered with gratitude not only for...
Category: Obituaries