LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Belgian Fishing Vessel Grace of God
MARCH 15TH. - TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE.
The Belgian fishing vessel Grace of God was in distress, but her crew were rescued by a naval vessel. - Rewards, £19 1s..
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—Early on the morning of the 7th April, 1866, signals of distress were seen by the beachmen in the direction of the Cockle Sand. The weather was hazy, with a strong breeze blowing from E.N.E.
The...
Category: Services
One Crew Member from Newquay's D Class Can Be Seen at the Edge of the Breakers
One crew member from Newquay's D class can be seen at the edge of the breakers with one of the casualties, while another is pan-way up the cliff helping a second casualty.
The combined efforts of the lifeboat,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Competitors In the York Raft Race from the Viking Hotel to the York Motor Yacht Club Paddle Up the Ouse Under Lendal Bridge Winner of the 43-Strong Home-Fashi
Competitors in the York Raft Race, from the Viking Hotel to the York Motor Yacht Club, paddle up the Ouse, under Lendal Bridge. Winner of the 43-strong home-fashioned fleet was Rift Raft; she was made of three aircraft drop tanks and rowed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Help of Coxswains and Crews
THE Institution is fortunate in often having the help of its Coxswains and Crews, not only in manning the Life- boats, but in raising funds, sometimes by their personal efforts and sometimes in the form of gifts out of salvage money which...
Category: Donations
The Chief Inspector of Life-Boats
COMMANDER E. D. DRURY, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., the chief inspector of life-boats, will retire, under the age limit, on 31st December, 1938, and will be succeeded as chief inspector b)' Lieut.-Commander P. E. Vaux, D.S.C., R.N., the...
Category: Articles
Hoots Man: the Crew of Kirkcudbright Lifeboat
Hoots man: The crew of Kirkcudbright lifeboat Mary Pullman, on exercise with a helicopter from a nearby RAF Rescue Squadron, got the surprise of their lives when, after the usual drills, the winch came down once more, bearing a piper in full... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Rother Class James Cable Makes Her Final Pass Along the Beach at Aldeburgh on the Day Her Mersey Class Successor Arrived
The Rother class James Cable makes her final pass along the beach at Aldeburgh on the day her Mersey class successor arrived. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Crew Member Graham Raines - Awarded the Bronze Medal for His Part In the Rescue of a Crew Man from the Yacht Dingaling
Crew member Graham Raines - awarded the Bronze medal for his part in the rescue of a crew man from the yacht Dingaling.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The 24ft Cabin Cruiser Tomey Too
Overdue HAYLING ISLAND POLICE received a telephone call from a lady in Berkshire at 0330 on Tuesday January 3 to say that her husband and son had not returned from a fishing trip. They had set out from Northney Marina at 1030 and had been...