LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gipsy
On the 29th October the schooner Gipsy, of Drogheda, coal laden, in attempting to take the bar at the mouth of the Boyne, was driven ashore on the North Wall, the wind blowing a heavy gale from the south at the time. The Drogheda life-boat...
Summary of Accounts for 1976
Full accounts are available from Poole Headquarters £ million 0.5 0.5 + 0.5- HOW EXPENDITURE WAS APPORTIONED TEN YEARS AT A GLANCE 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 AREAS OF EXPENDITURE KEY LIFE-BOAT SERVICE LIFE-BOAT...
Category: Accounts
Still Available Souvenirs of the 150th Anniversary
SOUVENIRS OF THE 150th ANNIVERSARY John Sunday Lifeboat Jubilee Rose bushes, price 80/ each (carriage and packing 35p per order). Order forms from RNLI, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset, BH 5 HZ..
Category: Advertisement
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
LINCOLNSHIRE.—The Lincolnshire Shipwreck Society—the last remaining of the County Shipwreck Associations — having been brought into union with the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, the latter has completely renovated the four life-boat...
Category: Articles
The Belgian Yacht Bassurelle
The Y-boat was in action again on 29 July when the Belgian yachtBassurelle was driven ashore south of Irvine Harbour and fired flares which were spotted by the coastguard.
The yacht was fairly close to the station, and in...
Lord Templewood's Tribute
At the funeral service held in Cromer Parish Church on the 17th of June more than 1,400 people crowded into the church, and many hundreds more stood on the pavements outside. The life-boat coxswains of Sheringham, Wells, Caister and...
Category: Obituaries
Der Zehnte Juni
STONEHAVEN.—The barge Der Zehnte Juni, of South Shields, bound from Sunderland for Aberdeen, with a cargo of coal, experienced a good deal of stormy weather on her voyage, and on the 15th March, she was labouring heavily in the teeth of a...
Titanic Team Up
Gravesend branch teamed up with a local supermarket during the end of its fundraising week - raising £595 for lifeboat coffers.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Below: Brighton Crew In Their Atlantic 75 Thelma Glossop
Below: Brighton crew in their Atlantic 75 Thelma Glossop and local firemen come to the aid of the pleasure craft Ocean Spirit. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Speculation
BROUGHTY FERRY.—On the 20th Maythe brig Speculation, of Ohristiania, bound from Tayport for Bremen, with coal, was in tow of a steam-tug in a strong N.E.
wind and a choppy sea, when the towrope broke. Another hawser was...