LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Anna Henny
Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At ten o'clock on the night of the 19th of November, 1952, the Redcar coastguard tele- phoned that he had fired a rocket to warn a vessel that she was heading for Salt Scar Rocks. The vessel did not seem to...
The New U.S. 44-Foot Steel Life-Boat
The following extract was taken from a paper presented to the ninth international life-boat conference in Edinburgh, 1963, by Lieut.-Commander Robert W. Witter, Chief, Boat Section, Naval Engineering Division, United States Coast Guard.<...
Category: Articles
Shoreline
Bronze medallist David Wilson, of Thornhill, Dewsbury.
West Yorkshire, plans to be in Rome next year to take part in the World Model Powerboat Championships, flush with his success in the 1987 event at Schwerin, East...
Category: Articles
Trouble on the Trap
The following account by Commander Erroll Bruce, R.N.(Retd. editor ofMotor Boat and Yachting, appeared in the edition for i8th September, 1964, and is reproduced with his kind permission. He is a former member of the Longhope life-boat crew...
Category: Articles
A Steamer (39)
OC T O B E R 3 1 S T . - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. A steamer had been in distress off the coast of Tiree, but she was taken in tow by a naval vessel. - Rewards, £20 9s..
News from the Branches
THK ton highest remittances received from Branches during the year 1st October, 1919, to 30th September, 1920, are JIB follows:— ±. (/ City of London Liverpool Bradford .
Manchester .
Glasgow...
Category: Branches
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
LOWESTOFT.—On the night of the 2nd November, 1861, the schooner Fly, of Whitby, was in a leaky state, and in danger of foundering near Lowestoft, in a heavy gale from the north. On her making signals of distress, the life-boat of the...
Category: Services
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Governor MR. WILLIAM JAMES has been appointed an honorary life-governor of the Institution in recognition of the valuable help he has given to the life-boat service for forty-three years as honorary secretary of the Runswick...
Category: Awards
June
FOUR GALWAY BAY MEDALS On the 16th January, 1962, the Galway Bay life-boat rescued eight men and a dog from the Dutch coaster June.
A full account of this service, for which four bronze medals for gallantry were awarded,...
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Stranded horses towed to safetyFour horses were spotted without riders on the East Winner Bank just off the west end of Hayling Island, Hampshire in July 2003. With dusk approaching and a rising tide, there was concern for the safety of both...