LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Letters
Double crossed It is worth remembering that not every plan for raising funds through sponsorship, however well laid, ends in success.
The following is a letter sent to Andrew Young, regional organiser, south west, by two...
Category: Correspondence
Mrs. Hodgetts, of Lewisham
Mrs. Hodgetts, of Lewisham, who died on 19th September, 1931, after a short illness, was one of the oldest of the Institution's honorary workers. She was Honorary Treasurer of the Lewi- sham, Lee and Eltham Ladies' Auxiliary of the...
Category: Obituaries
Station Profile
Skegness is a holidaymaker's town with tourism being by far the main industry. The winter population of just 15,000 rises to around 170,000 during the summer bringing major traffic problems - which can badly delay the crew on their way...
Category: Articles
Front Cover
Margate's Mersey class, Leonard Kent, stands by as tugs fight the fire aboard container vessel, Ever Decent, which collided with cruise liner, Norwegian Dream, off the Kent coast on 24 August. See Stop Press on services page 13 for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Essay Competition In the Potteries
THIS year the Potteries were again very successful in the life-boat essay competition for elementary schools.
They won five prizes in the inter-school competition in the Midlands. One of these five prizes was presented by...
Category: Articles
The H.M.S. Spider & Condor
At 2.30 A.M. on the 22nd November the Coastguard reported that a steamer had grounded on the beach and was making signals of distress. The Coxswain, John Swan, therefore assembled his crew and launched the Life-boat Kentwell. On...
January 29 1976: British Airways Helicopter Lifts Off Crew of 17 from Trawler Ben Gulvain When With Engine Failure She Had Run Aground Near Aberdeen In Gale Force Winds
January 29, 1976: British Airways helicopter lifts off crew of 17 from trawler Ben Gulvain when, with engine failure, she had run aground near Aberdeen in gale force winds.
photograph by courtesy of Miss I. M.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Jenny Wren
Crew transferred to casualty in near-gale conditions The chief of operations has written to Bembridge lifeboat station commending the coxswain and crew for their efforts during a five-hour service in rough conditions on 14 July...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Friday, 23rd June, 1922.
The Right Hon. The EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., in the Chair.
Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— CIVIL SERVICE LIFE-BOAT FUND £ s....
Category: Committee
The Airliner Cloud of lona (1)
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, and St.
Helier, Jersey.—31st July. The air liner Cloud of lona had been reported .overdue, and the motor life-boat Queen Victoria put out and searched all night without success. Shortly after noon...