LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
George Brown and Wave
On the 15th of April, at 10 A.M., during a heavy gale at S., the schooner George Brown, of Montrose, bound from Newcastle to that port, was wrecked on the Annat Bank. The No. 1 Life-boat, Mincing Lane, pushed out of the river through a heavy...
Little Lady and Guide Me
LAUNCH TO TWO COBLES IN ROUGH SEA Whitby, Yorkshire. At 9.15 on the morning of the 13th April, 1962, the second coxswain called the attention of the honorary secretary to the fact that the sea was becoming rough at the harbour bar and that...
Publican and Prankster Geoff Atkinson
Publican and prankster Geoff Atkinson is not the kind to throw the towel in when it comes to a bet. In fact, the landlord of the Fleece Inn at Holme is more likely to wear one! Geoff s latest stunt to raise money for the RNLI was to wear the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Demi Wyn, of Portmadoc
on 21st Jan., saved 8 men from the schooner Demi Wyn, of Portmadoc..
Cymraei, of Beaumaris
on 25th Jan., saved 2 men from the flat Cymraei, of Beaumaris;.
Weather Forecasts and Storm Warnings
IT will have been observed, and doubtless with regret by many of our readers, that in the early part of last month (December, 1866) Government notified their intention of, at least for a season, discontinuing the well-known Storm Warnings to...
Category: Articles
Letters
Medal rescue recalled With reference to an article in your Winter 1986/87 journal The RNLl in Ireland you may be interested in a conversation I have recently had with my husband's 104-year-old grandfather.
When he was...
Category: Correspondence
Thomas and Bluejacket
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—Signals having been fired by the Cockle Light-vessel on the 16th January, the Life-boat Beauchamp was launched at 7.15 P.M.
A light breeze was then blowing from S.S.W., the sea was moderate and the weather...
Generous Ships' Crews and Passengers
THE facsimile reproduction which we give of a ship's collection sheet, as it was returned to the Port of Liverpool Branch, is only one example, but a very striking example, of the generosity of the mercantile marine to the Life-boat...
Category: Donations
Heart and home
Behind the scenes, a lifeboat station mechanic must be both meticulous and creative to keep the service running – and his fellows safe
Mark Blatcher is poring over wiring diagrams. He’s trying...
Category: Articles