LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
People and Places
Poole lifeboat crew to the rescue!Poole lifeboat coxswain Steve Vince and his crew travelled the short distance from the lifeboat station to headquarters to draw the winning tickets of the 69th national lottery which took place on Sunday 30...
Category: Articles
Mr. Charlie Brown
Well known at Falmouth, Mr. Charlie Brown, who was an officer on the life-boat for over 38 years, has died at the age of 74. He spent 13 of them as coxswain..
Category: Obituaries
Rian
On the morning of the 24th November the coastguard tele- phoned that a vessel was ashore at West Runton. The sea was smooth, but there was a dense fog. The motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 11.30 A.M. She found the motor barge...
Dedication of a Life-Boat
THOSE who read of the naming ceremonies of life-boats, but have not been present at one, may be interested to read also the service with which, before she is named, every life-boat is solemnly dedicated to her work. This service is used by...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management
Launches 103. Lives rescued 130.
November Meeting.
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—On the evening of the 1st October a message was received from Horse Sand Fort that a vessel was stranded about two...
Category: Services
Book Review
S.O.S. The Story of the Life-boat Service. ByCyrilJolly. (Cassell, 12s. 6d.) Mr. Jolly has already written the life of Coxswain Henry Blogg, of Cromer.
Here he tells the story of the life-boat service. His book is...
Category: Articles
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Search in fog THICK FOG had descended on Scarborough when, on the night of Saturday July 27, 1985, the lifeboat station's honorary secretary received a report that red flares had been sighted some 2'/2 to 3 miles south of the...
The Duke of Kent's
The Duke of Kent's first visit on Orkney on May 10 was to Longhope where he laid a wreath at the memorial to the eight lifeboatmen who lost their lives in the disaster of 1969. The Memorial was unveiled by HM The Queen Mother in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Friday, 9th January, 1920.
Mr. HENRY B. FARGUS in the chair.
Reported the receipt of the following special contributions:— £. s. d.
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (don.) 5 - - CIVIL...
Category: Committee
Livonia and Bon Espoir
Selsey, Sussex.—On the morning of the 18th July the coastguard reported a small steamer in distress about eight miles in a north-westerly direction from Selsey look-out. Half a gale was blowing from the S.W., and the sea was rough. The motor...