LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Former German Yacht Hildgund
JULY 29TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 1.56 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported red flares five miles south-south-east of Leathercoats. A moderate south-south-west gale was blowing and the sea was rough.
The motor life-boat,...
The S.S. Buccaneer
The s.s. Buccaneer, of West Hartlepool, carrying a crew of twenty-one hands, stranded on the North Scroby Sands on the 18th March.
The No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden proceeded to her assistance, and when she reached her the...
The Admiralty Salvage Craft L.C. 18
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT SALCOMBE DECEMBER 4TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON. At 9.15 at night the coastguard at Hope Cove reported a vessel ashore at the lower end of Skerries, three miles to the east of Start Point. Shewas the Admiralty salvage craft...
The Motor Fishing Coble Hilda
Scarborough, and Filey, Yorkshire.—At 6.10 in the evening of the 17th of January, 1949, the Scarborough coast- guard reported to the life-boat station that anxiety was felt for the safety of the local motor fishing coble Hilda which had left...
The S.S. Loke
Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. — At 8.20 in the morning of the 9th of December, 1948, the Hoylake coast- guard reported a message from the Southport police that a vessel appeared to be aground off Ainsdale beach, and at 9.10 that the...
The S.S. Motto
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk.—At 11.15 on the morning of the 16th of December, 1957, the honorary secretary was informed that the S.S.
Motto, of Newcastle, was approaching Great Yarmouth with a sick man on board...
In the Open
The RNLI headquarters and depot's bi-annual Open Days were postponed from 1990 to 1991 because of building work - but the wait was worthwhile..
Nearly 1.000 people took the guided tours of the RNLI buildings during the...
Category: Articles
Present from Denmark: the Holbek Tambourkorps Band of Flutes and Drums from Denmark
Present from Denmark: The Holbek Tambourkorps Band of Flutes and Drums from Denmark paid a visit to the Anstruther lifeboat station during a tour of Fife. Before leaving they played a selection of well known airs and after taking a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In Support of the Nottingham Lifeboat Appeal the 37Ft Oakley Relief Lifeboat J G Graves
In support of the Nottingham lifeboat appeal, the 37ft Oakley relief lifeboat J. G. Graves of Sheffield last summer made a trip up the River Trent and other inland waterways to Nottingham, Newark and Lincoln. Lt Cdr Andrew Forbes, former... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Special Gifts to the Royal National Life-boat Institution for the Purchase of the following Life-boats
Special Gifts for the Pwehase of the following Life-boats ;- Hornsea, Yorkshire.
Skerries, Co. .Dublin .
Aberystwyth. .
Walmer Seaton Carew . . .
Jfraserburgh . . . .<...
Category: Donations