LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Hovercraft Princess Margaret
Hovercraft accident AT 1614 on the afternoon of Saturday March 30, 1985, the cross-channel hovercraft, Princess Margaret, radioed to Dover port control that she had collided with the breakwater on entering the harbour. It was cloudy with...
Two Brave Life-Savers. Portlethen, Kincardineshire, and Southwold, Suffolk
Portlethen, Kincardineshire, and Southwold, Suffolk.
ON 26th November, 1924, two acts of great individual gallantry were per- formed in rescuing life from vessels stranded near the shore. One was on the rocky coast of...
Category: Services
Self-Devotion of An English Seaman
ON the 3rd of November last, during the gale which produced such devastating effects on the coast of Suffolk, and on other parts of the east coast of England, a Swedish brig, the Vestor, was driven ashore near Orfordness, on the Suffolk...
Category: Articles
The Danish Motor Fishing Vessel Opal (1)
HUGE WAVE UPSET LIFE-BOAT ON the evening of 20th January last year the Danish motor fishing vessel Opal sailed from Buckle and set a course for the Fladden fishing grounds. At about 10.30 p.m. it was discovered that the engine room was...
Why Put Out More Flags?
DURING the coming holiday months many people will find themselves con- fronted at seaside resorts and elsewhere with flag sellers for the Royal National Life-boat Institution. When putting a coin into a box they may well ask them- selves:...
Category: Articles
The Plymouth Motor Life-Boat: Inaugural Ceremony
THE Inaugural Ceremony, on 12th July, of the Plymouth Motor Life-boat, the third Life-boat to be built of the 60- feet Barnett Twin Screw type, was one of the most successful ever held. It took place in Plymouth's Civic Week, for which...
Category: Inaugurations
The Finest Service of 1928. Silver Medal Awarded to the Coxswain at New Brighton
THE Institution has awarded its Silver Medal to Coxswain George Robinson, of New Brighton, on the Mersey, and its Bronze Medal to each of the eight members of the Crew, for their gallantry in rescuing 23 men of the French steamer Emile...
Category: Medals
A Life-Boat Song
WE wish to draw the attention of all readers of The Life-boat to a song called " The Life-boatman," the words and music of which have been written by Mr. Louis Drakeford. This song is being published, under the auspices of the...
Category: Articles
M.V. Lovat
MV Lovat sinks ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1975, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Penlee lifeboat at 0637 that MV Lovat had broadcast a mayday call and that her crew were abandoning ship.
The reported position...
Brownies, Guides and Rangers Raise £22,000
TEN YEARS AGO the Guide Friendship Fund (GFF) was launched. The first year Brownies, Guides and Rangers in the United Kingdom donated £1,500 to help Guiding in the developing countries.
In 1970 they raised £20,000...
Category: Articles