LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Danish Schooner William
WHITBY.—At about 8.30 A.M. on the 20th September, during a strong wind from the E.N.E. and a heavy sea, the Danish schooner William was • observed to be making for the harbour, when she became embayed, and was obliged anchor in a very...
The Supply Chain Team and Colleagues at the End of 'Day One'
The supply chain team and colleagues at the end of 'day one'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Naming Ceremony of the Arun Class Duke Ofathollal Dundee on 12 May
The naming ceremony of the Arun class Duke ofAthollal Dundee on 12 May was memorable in many ways. Named in honour of The Duke of Atholl who had been the Institution's chairman for a decade up to 1989 she is also the last Arun class... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The British Airways Helicopter G-BEON
Crashed helicopter FALMOUTH COASTGUARD informed the deputy launching authority of St Mary's lifeboat station. Isles of Scilly, at 1250 on Saturday July 16. 1983, that the British Airways helicopter G-BEON was overdue at St Mary's...
The S.S. Pompey Power
Tynemouth, Northumberland. — At 5.14 on the evening of the 18th of De- cember, 1955, the coastguard tele- phoned that a wireless message had been received from the S.S. Pompey Power, of Portsmouth, that she had a very sick man on board who...
The Storeyard's Children's Party
THE ninth Christmas Party, given to poor children by the staff of the Insti- tution's Storeyard at Broomfield Street, Poplar, with "the help of the Staff at Headquarters, took place on the 7th January, at the Bromley Public Hall.<...
Category: Articles
Members of the Lyme Regis Branch of the R.N.L.I. Demonstrating the 'Kiss of Life' Apparatus
Members of the Lyme Regis branch of the R.N.L.I, demonstrating the 'kiss of life' apparatus. In the photograph are Miss V. Crabb; the 'patient', Miss J. RafTo, and IRB crew members Mr. John Chase and Mr. Albert... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Brightside (1)
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—On the 22nd February the s.s. Brightside, of Middlesbrough, ran on to Shingle Bank, while bound from St. Kevern for London with a cargo of granite.
She was not in immediate danger, and preparations...
The Captured Boats
The last that the Institution heard of its life-boats in Jersey and Guernsey before the Germans captured the Channel Islands was on June 29th. 1940. They had been ordered to sail for Cowes, but that afternoon Jersey telephoned that the...
Category: Articles
The Humber Lightvessel
JANUARY 18TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A messenger came from the signal station at 1.22 in the morning with a message from the Trinity House superintendent at Great Yarmouth : Would the life-boat go to the Humber...