LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Remarkable Mrs, M'Gonigle
This article about Mrs. Dorothy M'Gonigle, of Stockton, who is doing sterling work for the R.N.L.I., was written by Susan Slater and first appeared in the 'Evening Gazette', Middlesbrough.
It is reproduced by...
Category: Articles
The Right Spirit
Here is an example of the right spirit in giving to the Life-boat Service.
In response to a request for the renewal of a subscription, the Honorary Secretary at Henley received the following letter, with the subscription...
Category: Articles
The Rankin on Her Way to Aith
(A 51-feet Barnett, Stromness, cabin motor life-boat.). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Crosby Lightship
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 11.38 A.M. on the 8th March, 1939, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board reported that the Crosby Lightship was adrift.
A heavy W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea and rain squalls. The No...
Blue Peter III Reaches the 'Casualty' Crew Member Ted Hill Who Has (Uncharacteristically) Overturned His Dinghy (Above) Ted 'Exhausted' Is Taken Aboard the Ilb Whil
. . Blue Peter III reaches the 'casualty', Crew Member Ted Hill who has (uncharacteristically) overturned his dinghy. (Above) Ted, exhausted', is taken aboard the ILB while Graham Thorburn and Paddy Hooton, helped by this... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Problem of the Life-Belt
OF the many problems which confront the technical officers of the Institution few have caused so much careful thought and discussion as the design of an efficient life-belt.
Until the year 1904 the question was
Category: Articles
Mr. Smith's Club, Brazil Street, Manchester, Held a Life-Boat Evening Recently and These Girls(Above), Helped to Make the Occasion a Memorable One. Proceeds Were Given to the R.N.L.I. on the Ri
Mr. Smith's Club, Brazil Street, Manchester, held a life-boat evening recently and these girls(above), helped to make the occasion a memorable one. Proceeds were given to the R.N.L.I. On the right is Mrs. Ruth Manrot who was selected as... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The German Ship Teneriffe
Shorehani Harbour, Sussex - At 4.30 p.m. on I3th August, 1967, thecoastguard informed the honorary secretary that the German ship Teneriffe wished to land a sick passenger at Shoreham, but she was too large to enter the harbour. The...
Grant Cook
Grant Cook - former Selsey lifeboat station inshore and all weather Crew Member.
Category: Obituaries
The Tender M.F.V. 1547
Plymouth, Devon. At 12.54 on the afternoon of the 18th of October, 1957, a message was received that a naval tender was asking for help in Whitsand Bay and that the tug Superman was being sent. As no further details were known it was decided...