LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Stormy Stan's Sea Tales
There are around 2().(XH) members of Slonn Force, the RNLl's club for the under 16s. The club's exclusive magazine. Storm Force News, is full of exciting competitions, puzzles, salty sea talcs, jokes and cartoons - it also lends...
Category: Articles
The Newark Lightship
On the 2 7th October the large life-boat on this Station went out in reply to signals of distress from the Newark Lightship. On arriving alongside, it was found that she had been in collision with a large steamer, and had been cut down...
New Ways of Raising Money
'Just Men' was the title of a long poem written by Mr. Anthony S. Burry, of Wickmead Close, Southend, in honour of the Moelfre life-boat and sold in booklet form by the Moelfre branch on their flag day on 28th August, 1967. The poem,...
Category: Donations
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1851
Moved by Mr. SAMUEL GREGSON, M.P., and seconded by Capt. F. W. BEECHEY, R.N., Board of Trade.
1.—That the Report now read be adopted, published, and circulated.
Moved by Capt. REDMAN, one of the Elder...
Category: Meetings
The Steamers R. J. Cullen, Empire Homer, Ingrid, and Eugenie S. Embiricos
JANUARY 16TH - 26TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. At nine in the evening of the 15th the Kyle coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore two miles N.W. by W. of Barra Head, and the life-boat crew were assembled. Shortly afterwards another...
Pride of place
Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station has welcomed its new vessel – the Shannon class Derek Bullivant, named after the generous supporter
who helped fund it. Derek Bullivant started one of the biggest aluminium recycling companies in the...
Category: Articles
Whitby Life-Boat In the Floods
IN the next issue of The Lifeboat will appear a full account, with photographs, of a very unusual service. This was the rescue, on 4th September, by the Whitby No. 2 Pulling and Sailing Life-boat, of five people who had been trapped in...
Category: Services
By Train to Her Station
Pulling and sailing life-boat setting out from London to Whitby.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
All Hands to the Pumps
On the night of 22 June 1988 the fishing vessel Marigold tan on to rocks at Polkirt beach, 500 yards from Mevagissey Harbour and was badly holed. An overnight operation by a local boatbuilder, the coastguards and fire brigade patched the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Launch of the Porthdinllaen Motor Life-Boat
Launch of the Porthdinllaen Motor Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs