LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
"Light of All Nations" on the Goodwin Sands
THE following letter has been forwarded to the Committee of this Institution, to which, considering the great importance of the subject, and the apparent feasibility of the proposition, we give insertion, as we fully concur in Mr....
Category: Correspondence
Andrew Mcdonald (Right) Hands Over His Painting to Commemorate the Rescue of the Yacht Whisky Mac to Steve Shaw,
Andrew McDonald (right) hands over his painting to commemorate the rescue of the yacht Whisky Mac to Steve Shaw, coxswain of the Alderney lifeboat, in the Training Centre at the RNLI's Poole headquarters.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Vibelia
CHAPEL, LINCOLNSHIRE.—While a strong breeze was blowing from S.E. to N.E. anda heavy sea was running, on the 8th of April, the schooner Vibelia, of and from Grimstadt for Boston, Lincolnshire, with a cargo of pit-poles and lumber, stranded...
An Aeroplane (4)
Selsey, Sussex.—2nd June, 1939. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but another boat reached her first and picked up two of the crew.—Rewards, £15 13s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (11)
APRIL 2ND. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only oil and small pieces of wreckage were found. - Rewards, £23 2s..
The S.S. J. Duncan
The s.s. J. Duncan, of Cardiff, whilst bound from that port to Devonport with a cargo of coal, stranded on the rocks at Tol Pedn, Penwith, during a thick fog on the morning of the 14th August.
The casualty was reported at...
The S.S. Roldal
GORLESTON.—Sockets and guns were fired by the Cockle and Middle Cross Sand and St. Nicholas Light-vessels, oa the morning of the 7th November. A strong gale was then blowing from S.W.
by S., the sea was very heavy and the...
History laid to rest
The Lifeboat Support Centre at RNLI Headquarters houses Engineering and Supply, Finance and the Sales company but, during building work in 2003, an 18th-century Baptist burial ground was unearthed here. Analysis of the excavated remains has...
Category: Articles
A Bridge Marathon Held In March at the Home of Mrs Hilda Henshall Raised £71469 for the Rhosneigr Section of Holy Head Ladies' Guild
A bridge marathon held in March at the home of Mrs Hilda Henshall raised £714.69 for the Rhosneigr section of Holy head ladies' guild. The players, who kept going for just over 24 hours (to complete the last game!), present the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tribute to Thurso Heroes
The people of Caithness paid tribute to the Thurso lifeboat crew at a civic reception in January in the Pentland hotel, Thurso.
Coxswain Farquhar and his crew were honoured for saving the skipper of the burning chemical... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs