LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
North Britain, of Southampton
.—On the after- noon of the 6th December, information was received here that a large vessel was in a very perilous position in the bay, and the life-boat Richard Lewis, at Penzance, was at once got in readiness, in case her services should...
Bookshelf
Let Not The Deep by Mike Lunnon-Wood published byHarper Collins at £4.99 (paperback) ISBN 0 00 647590 6 Novels which centre around the lifeboat service are rare enough, but one which is well constructed, gripping and also moving is a...
Category: Articles
Scotland Community News
Welcome to your community news for Scotland. For all the latest from where you are, head to RNLI.org/news
Photos: The Press and Journal, RNLI/(Buckie, Longhope, Mary Harris)
Local stations mark 50th...
Category: Articles
New Ways of Raising Money
Four girls of St. Margaret's House, Huyton College, Huyton, Liverpool— Janet Cranna, Penny Thomber, Jenny Giffin and Anne Mortimer—sent the following letter to the R.N.L.I.: 'Enclosed is a postal order for 14s. 6d. which is the total...
Category: Donations
Rescue relay
When the crew of a stricken cargo boat found themselves being pushed towards Cape Wrath, two lifeboat crews were called into the gale for a 13-hour rescue relay
It was around 8pm on 7 December...
Category: Articles
United States Life-Saving Service
AT the close of the fiscal year (30th June) 1899 the establishment of the Life-Saving Service of the United States embraced 265 stations. Of this number 193 were situated on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 56 on the coasts of the Great Lakes,...
Category: Articles
April
Launches 42 Lives rescued 16 APRIL 1ST. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMAPRIL BERLAND. At 1.40 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that the local fishing coble Fisher Lass was overdue. There was a dense fog, and a heavy swell was breaking on the...
Category: Services
Classified Advertisements
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Category: Advertisement
Strathleven
On the night of the 16th December, the barque Strathleven, of Glasgow, was wrecked, during a strong wind W. by N., half a mile North of Float Bay, about seven miles from Port Logan.
The vessel was under double reefed...
As a Result of Tremendous Enthusiam and Hard Work Broadstairs Ladies' Guild Realised Over £600 at Their Last Autumn Fayre Chairman Mrs L S Cobb Is Seen With Her C
As a result of tremendous enthusiam and hard work Broadstairs ladies' guild realised over £600 at their last autumn fayre. Chairman Mrs L. S. Cobb is seen with her committee and two guild members behind a stall laden with handwork.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs