LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter By the Editor
THE YEAR 1974 began in an atmosphere of gloom and anxiety with industry limited to a three-day week and restrictions on lighting recalling wartime blackouts.
The first month of the year was also one in which there were...
Category: Articles
The Rnli's Jubilee Tribute to Hm the Queen Reflects the Great Support Given to the Lifeboat Service By Various Members of the Royal Family During Her Majesty's Reign
The RNLI's Jubilee tribute to HM The Queen reflects the great support given to the lifeboat service by various members of the Royal Family during Her Majesty's reign.... On a recent visit to the Isle of Scilly, HRH The Prince of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Stearm Foedrelandet
The steamer Faedrelandet, of Bergen, bound from Bergen to Stockton-on- Tees with a cargo of iron ore, stranded in the early morning of the 10th January on the Goswick Sands. The Coastguard reported the casualty by telephone, and steps were...
The Horne Bequest
WE publish the portrait of the late Mr. Thomas Home, of Solihull, Warwick. This " fine old English gentleman" took the greatest interest in the Life-boat cause, and, by his will, bequeathed one-third of the residue of his estate...
Category: Obituaries
The Fishwives of Cullercoats
THE fishwives of Cullercoats this year collected £139 at the quarterly road exercise and launch of the life-boat.
This was the fourteenth annual col- lection and the total for the fourteen years is...
Category: Articles
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Walter Crowther, of Plymouth.
He was appointed in 1939 after having served for more than nine years as second coxswain. In 1942 Coxswain Crowther was awarded the bronze medal for...
Category: Articles
Income and Expenditure.—1st Jan. To 31st Dec., 1954
THE LIFE-BOAT [JUNE, i* Statement! INCOME AND EXPENDITURE— 1st Jan. to 31st Dec., 1954. 1953 £ 184,064 EXPENDITURE LIFE-BOATS:— £...
Category: Accounts
A Fishing Boat (13)
SEPTEMBER 18TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A fishing boat had been seen with her mast damaged and making heavy weather, but she had no one on board. - Rewards, £6 8s. 9d..
Lassiette
Walton and Frinton, Essex. —• At 7.44 in the evening of the 13th of September, 1951, the Walton-on-the- Naze coastguard telephoned a wire- less message from the S.S. Gaslight that she had taken in tow the yacht Lassiette, of Burnham - on -...