LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Search for Edward May
AT 4.45 on the morning of the 8th of September, 1954, Edward May, a 44- year-old steel worker from Scunthorpe, waded into the sea at Cap Gris Nez.
He planned to swim to Dover unes- corted and thereby become the first man to...
Category: Services
A Cheer for the Life-Boat
" SIR you observe that ?" we asked, one autumnal evening in the year of grace and so forth, when, with a score of others, we were peering into the darkness from the weather-side of Ratnsgate Pier.
'•What, sir...
Category: Articles
Torquay Sea Cadet Corps
Torquay Sea Cadet Corps raised £200 in a day with a teddy bear raffle.
Here their chairman, Mr P. Carter, hands over the proceeds to Coxswain Arthur Curnow of Torbay lifeboat. On the left is Captain Barry Anderson,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
and from Falmouth: During Her Majesty's Visit on August 6 Prince Andrew Took the Helm (Below) When He and Prince Edward Went Out With Coxswain West In The
. . . and from Falmoiith: During Her Majesty's visit on August 6, Prince Andrew took the helm (below) when he and Prince Edward went out with Coxswain West in the station boarding boat.
Earlier Coxswain West, one of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Notes and News
THE year 1921 was one of phenomenally fine weather. A very mild winter was followed by a summer of drought and an autumn almost without gales. In fact, there was no really severe weather until Christmas. The year then went out in storms, and...
Category: Articles
The Late Edward Spender, Esq.
THE LATE EDWARD SPENDER, ESQ.
BY the lamented death of this gentleman, the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has lost one of its ablest and most steadfast advocates in the press. On Friday, the 7th June last, Mr. Spender...
Category: Obituaries
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
THE MEDAL R0YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, " L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National...
Category: Medals
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the February and March Meetings of the Committee of Management
February Meeting.
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—On the 2nd January, 1939, the crew of four of the motor trawler Yankee Girl were rescued by another fishing boat.—Rewards, £2 105., with £3 for loss of fishing, and 2s. 6d....
Category: Services
The Wreck Register and Chart for the Year Ended the 30th June. 1906
ONCE again the Board of Trade has issued its very clear and valuable Annual Report—in the shape of a Blue Book—relative to the shipping casualties which occur on or near the coasts o) the United Kingdom. The recent issue deals with the...
Category: Articles
Vivid
On the 13th October, during a strong N.E.
gale with a rough sea, signals of distress were seen at 6.30 A.M. from the smack Vivid of Wexford, which had stranded the previous day about three-quarters of a mile W.N.W. of...