LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sailing Barge Melissa
Ramsgate, Kent.—At about 12.33 A.M. on the 3rd January, 1938, flares were seen in the bay, and at 12.50 A.M.
the motor life-boat Prudential put out to investigate. A moderate E.N.E.gale was blowing, with a rough...
The Oldest Collector?
The oldest collector? Mr Frank Gay, aged 102, is a keen supporter of the RNLI and has been collecting at his block of flats in Liss, Hampshire for the past 12 years. A master baker, he was still baking and icing cakes for friends and... - View image in PDF
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a Summer Afternoon Strawberry Tea at the Home of Mrs Doreen Beste Honorary Treasurer of Coventry Ladies' Guild Raised £100
A summer afternoon strawberry tea at the home of Mrs Doreen Beste, honorary treasurer of Coventry ladies' guild, raised £100.. - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Royal Standard
During a thick fog, with a strong S.E. wind and choppy sea, on the 13th April, information reached the Coxswain of the Life-boat Matthew Middlewood that a steamer was signalling for assistance, apparently on the S. Smethic...
The S.S. Kyle Firth
MAY 13TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At 4.30 A.M. it was reported from Rhoscolyn that a ship was ashore at Penrhos Point, near the South Stack. The weather was calm.
The motor life-boat A.E.D. was launched at 5...
The Marquis of Normanby Cbe Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and a Member of the Committee of Management Presented Coxswain William Sheader Scarborough
The Marquis of Normanby, CBE, Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and a member of the Committee of Management, presented Coxswain William Sheader, Scarborough, with the BEM awarded to him in the New Year Honours List at Mulgrave Castle,... - View image in PDF
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The Barges Greenhithe and Lord Rosebery
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—Late on the night of the 16th November, 1937, the coastguard reported that two barges were dragging their anchors. The weather was bad, and the coxswain kept in touch with the...
Below: the Remains of Tynemouth Boathouse
Below: The remains of Tynemouth boathouse and the John Pyemont lifeboat, which were destroyed by a German bomb on 9 April 1941.. - View image in PDF
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The news that a relative of the Fish family is working on a biography of Coxswain Charles Fish, the famous Ramsgate lifeboat men
the news that a relative of the Fish family is working on a biography of Coxswain Charles Fish, the famous Ramsgale lifeboat men who is associated with the wreck of the Indian Chief in 1881, comes a picture of David Fish, great grandson. He... - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Slaney
WEXFOED.—At 9 A.M. on the 15th of January, the Civil Service No. 1 Lifeboat, manned as usual by Custom House officers and pilots, was launched to the assistance of the s.s. Slaney, of and from Liverpool for Wexford, with a general cargo,...