LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gifts from Ship Owners
On 25th February, 1928, the Newburgh Lifeboat rescued' the crew, ten in number, of the steam trawler Isle of Wight, of Hull. Her owners, The Hull Steam Fishing and Ice Company, owning the Red Cross Fleet of trawlers, have become annual...
Category: Donations
Letters
Double crossed It is worth remembering that not every plan for raising funds through sponsorship, however well laid, ends in success.
The following is a letter sent to Andrew Young, regional organiser, south west, by two...
Category: Correspondence
Tunnel vision
St Abbs crew trusted each other with their lives in an outstandingly gallant rescue
‘This was something you can’t train for and something we’d never seen before. The decisions we made had to be...
Category: Articles
Merc Texco
Hurricane launch NEWS THAT MV Merc Texco had a badly injured man to be landed led to the launching of the Dungeness lifeboat, Mabel E. Holland, a 42' Watson beach class, at 1658 on February 11.
The wind was south south...
A Cabin Cruiser
Cabin cruiser swamped ONE OF APPLEDORE lifeboat station's shore helpers, Mr P. Ford, was out fishing in his own boat on the afternoon of Saturday September 29, 1984, when he saw an 18ft cabin cruiser trying to negotiate the harbour bar,...
The Norwegian Bulk Carrier Blix
Injured seaman THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Dun Laoghaire lifeboat station was asked at 1600 on Tuesday October 14, 1980, if an injured seaman could be taken off the Norwegian bulk carrier Blix. A rendezvous was arranged for midnight in Dublin...
Mrs Manning a Member of Coventry Ladies' Guild Committee for Nearly Ten Years Has Raised £200 for the Rnli By the Sale of Soft Toys She Has Made from Fabric Off-Cu
Mrs Manning, a member of Coventry ladies' guild committee for nearly ten years, has raised £200 for the RNLI by the sale of soft toys she has made from fabric off-cuts kindly given to the guild by a local firm.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Setting Sail on a New Voyage: Crew Member Paul Frost of Rhyl Aboard the ILB With His Bride Mary Bernadette Morris After Their Wedding Last Autumn Photograph By Courte
Setting sail on a new voyage: Crew Member Paul Frost of Rhyl aboard the ILB with his bride, Mary Bernadette Morris, after their wedding last autumn. - View image in PDF
Photograph by courtesy of Rhyl Journal. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Dramatic View of Three Sisters Seconds Before She Sank. Crew Member Frank Home's White Helmet Can Be See In the Centre of the Group In the Sea As the Navy Inflatable Closes I
A dramatic view of Three Sisters seconds before she sank. Crew member Frank Home's white helmet can be see in the centre of the group in the sea as the Navy inflatable closes in to pick them up. Photo RAF Valley. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fundraising Region Changes
As from 1 September 1993 the Central England and Southern fundraising regions ceased to exist, and their respective Regional Offices closed. The branches previously in those regions have been transferred to other regions as listed below.<...
Category: Branches