LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sea Victor and Prairie Schooner
Exhausted yachtsmen BRONZE MEDAL THE YACHT Sea Victor, built in Germany during the 1930s, had sailed from Exmouth on the morning of Friday May 2, 1986, on passage to Guernsey. By the evening of the following day after a rough crossing the...
After Her Naming at Breakwater Promenade Gorleston Barham Casts Off for Demonstration of Her Manoeuvrability Photograph By Courtesy of Jeff Morris
After her naming at Breakwater Promenade, Gorleston, Barham casts off for a demonstration of her manoeuvrability. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Peter Gilson Presents Percy Garon(L) With the Launching Hammer He Has Wielded So Many Times Also There Second from Right Michael Pennell Divisional Inspector of Life
Peter Gilson presents Percy Garon(l.) with the launching hammer he has wielded so many times. Also there, second from right, Michael Pennell, divisional inspector of lifeboats, east, representing all the coast staff who, over the years, have... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services to German Yachts. Thanks of the Institution to Clacton-On-Sea
THERE were exceptionally heavy gales at the end of May and the beginning of June, 1938. Thirty-two life-boats were launched on service during the five days from 29th May to 2nd June, the majority on the south-east and south coasts, and they...
Category: Services
United States Life-Saving Service
IN the report which has been recently issued by the General Superintendent of the Life-saving Service, for the fiscal year ended 30th June 1884, it is stated that there were then 201 Life-Saving Stations under their management, 156 being on...
Category: Articles
Gay Nixie
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 6.45 on the morning of the 12th of July, 1957, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that H.M.S. Urania had reported a yacht in need of help a mile and a half north- east of Weymouth harbour. The life- boat William and...
Awards to Honorary Workers
Mr. H. C. WHITEHEAD, has been appointed an Honorary Life Governor of the Institution in recognition of the valuable services he has rendered as Honorary Secretary of the Appledore Life-boat Station for 28 years; and has been presented with a...
Category: Awards
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Boy on rocks FOUR MEMBERS of the 1LB crew were working at Tramore pier, Co. Waterford, close by the boathouse at 7 p.m. on June 28, 1973, when a youth came up, greatly agitated, to tell them that a boy had been trapped on a small rock islet...
Roll Out the Barrel!
Roll out the barrel! Pub teams rolled a barrel filled with 22 gallons of water along three miles of road. The barrel-push, by six teams of six runners, was to raise money for the new Loweslofl lifeboat appeal and the Licensed Victuallers'... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Mayor of Ferndown (R) Encounters Members of the Local Branch Modelling Teacosies on Sale at Their Christmas Bazaar the Event Raised £354 and Included a Tombola Beauty Corner Stalls
The Mayor of Ferndown (r.) encounters members of the local branch modelling teacosies on sale at their Christmas bazaar. The event raised £354 and included a tombola, beauty corner, stalls and a Father... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs