LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Eerie Sensation With Canvas Screens Over All Her Wheelhouse Windows the Princess Hoyal
An eerie sensation. With canvas screens over all her wheelhouse windows The Princess Hoyal makes her way out to sea from Poole Harbour for blind pilotage exercises. Every aid to navigation is brought into use in the drill.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
William Miles
POBTHOAWI, SOUTH WALES.—The barque William, Miles, of London, bound from Havre to Swansea in ballast, stranded about half a mile east of Porthcawl, during a W.N.W. wind and a rough sea, at midnight on the 9ih August. She exhibited signals of...
An Aeroplane (149)
OCTOBER 2ND. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
A German aeroplane had been brought down off Chapel St. Leonards, but the crew of five swam ashore and were made prisoners. - Rewards, £19 14s. 6d..
Service to Humanity
The Evening Herald, Dublin, paid this tribute to the work of the R.N.L.I.
in their edition of 25th January, 1967. 'There are very few voluntary institutions left with a tradition of service to humanity to match that of...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Launches on Service
Lifeboat launches on service during the months June, July and August, 1974 Aith, Shetland August 12 and 16.
Amble, Northumberland July 16, 29 and August 30.
Angle, Dyfed June 2, 23, July 2, 13, August 4, 6...
Category: Services
Your message to the crews
At a time when many people are exchanging New Year wishes, what would your message to our volunteer crews be?
As part of an appeal to raise funds for two new Shannon class lifeboats and launching equipment, supporters are...
Category: Articles
The Service to the S.S. "Hopelyn."
By Commander £. S. CARVER, R.D., R.N.R., Inspector of Life-boats for the Eastern District.
ON Friday, 20th October, at about 11 A.M., I arrived at the harbour at Gorleston. A strong gale was blowing from the N.E....
Category: Services
A Royal Air Force Machine
Montrose, Angus. — 14th October, 1937. A Royal Air Force machine had crashed in Lunan Bay and sunk. One man was lost. The other was rescued by a fishing boat.—Rewards, £9 12*. 6
A Royal Air Force Aeroplane
Aith, Shetlands.—20th August, 1939.
Rockets had been seen by the coastguard, and a message was received that a Royal Air Force aeroplane was missing, but the life-boat found nothing.
—Rewards, £8 13,9...
For Those In Peril on the High Street
A new' mascot' for the Eastbourne branch was unveiled when lifeboatmen boarded a completely different form of transport.
Eastbourne Buses has boosted publicity for the local lifeboat by having one of its buses... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs