LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Ways of Raising Money
Early last year the Kidderminster ladies' life-boat guild gave each member 5s.
and told them to increase it. In September it was reported that over £80 had been raised in this way.
The Little Ship...
Category: Donations
Treasure Sale
Treasure Sale Silver coins and other treasure salvaged from the Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia, which sank in 1743, were sold by auction at Penzance on 8th September. Mr. Michael Newman, acting on behalf of Rex Cowan, the leader of the...
Category: Articles
The Severn Class Lifeboat. the Whiteheads, for St.Mary's on the Isles of Scilly.
Main: Supporter Miss Olive Whitehead bequeathed the whole of her residuary estate to the lifeboat service with the request that it be used to fund a lifeboat named in memory of her parents.
The legacy amounted to around... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
48 Hours of Gale (From Page 250)
48 Hours of Gale (from page 250) Broughty Ferry: 1LB launched at 1700 in choppy seas and a fresh southeasterly wind to help a capsized dinghy one mile east of the station, The crew of three were landed and their boat towed to the...
Category: Services
The Stranding of the "Eider."
The " Eider " rode on the open sea With her safety in God's own hand For a thousand miles—-ay, two, and three, With never a sight of land.
A shell of steel on the world of waves That severs the hemispheres,...
Category: Poetry
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1949
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Category: Services
Some Ways of Raising Money
National Lotteries YOU WILL FIND in this journal eight tickets for our fifth national lottery, also a reply paid envelope to use if you wish to take part. The tickets can be sold to any member of the public and not necessarily to members of...
Category: Donations
Phoebe, Maid of Irvine and Furness Abbey
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—At 9.20 A.M.
on the 16th June a telegram was received from the Point of Ayr stating that a schooner, with all sails blown away, was driving before the gale in the direction of Eamsey Bay. A strong N.W....
Some Ways of Raising Money
Although there was a damp and misty start to the day it did not deter about 5,000 people from joining in the fun at last autumn's annual Hartlepool harbour fete, which is organised by the local branch and its many friends. The highlight...
Category: Donations
Below the Size of the Latest Boathouse Reconstruction at Angle
Below The size of the latest boathouse reconstruction at Angle was one of the benchmarks when considering the new slipway class. In the event a lifeboat size was chosen which would fit in half of the existing houses - leaving Angle with... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs