LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Around the Fundraising Regions
Around the Fundraising Regions A list of branches and guilds from the Central England and Wales regions CENTRAL ENGLAND RNLI 102 Birmingham Road Bromsgrove Wares B61 ODF Tel (0527) 575017 Regional Organiser, Ms J. Feeney LLB Warwickshire...
Category: Branches
Two Tragedies of Collecting Boxes
BOTH tragedies occurred in Hertford- shire. The first was on life-boat day in St. Albans. A little girl had been sent out by her mother to do some shopping. She had a florin ready in her hand. At the corner of the road she met a life-boat...
Category: Donations
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Thomas Henry Hutchinson, of Bridlington. He has been an officer of the life-boat for 30 years, serving as bowman from 1919 to 1925, second coxswain from 1925 to 1938 and cox- swain from 1938 to...
Category: Articles
The S.S. High Wear
MARCH 6TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
At 8.20 A.M. the coastguard reported a message from the S.S. High Wear that she was coming in with her engine-room flooded, that she was making water, and that a pilot should be ready. A few...
Henry Blogg of Cromer
Trader went aground off Cromer in October 1941. Henry Blogg was then aged 65. His lifeboat H. F. Bailey put out in a full gale blowing from the north-north-east. When he approached English Trader, Blogg was confronted with what he considered...
Category: Articles
City of Hamburg
SALCOMBE.—At 10 P.M. on the 7th August, a boat, containing the master of the steamer City of Hamburg, of Dublin, whose hands and arms were severely injured, and five other persons, arrived at Salcombe, and her occupants reported their vessel...
The Rnli Medina 35' Rigid Hull on Which the 31In Diameter Inflatable Sponson Will Be Mounted Has a Long Fine Bow Which Cuts Cleanly Through the Crests Waves Her Sheer Is Bold Giving Her Con
The RNLI Medina 35's rigid hull, on which the 31in diameter inflatable sponson will be mounted, has a long, fine bow which cuts cleanly through the crests of waves. Her sheer is bold, giving her considerable reserve buoyancy.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The London Fish Carrier Bellona II
OCTOBER 8TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.
At 8.8 P.M. the London fish c a r r i e r B e l l o n a I I , bound from Hull to Iceland, was bombed by a German aeroplane and set on fire when about four and a half miles E.S.E. of...
Loch Fada and the L.C.T. Stalker
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — On the afternoon of the 4th of February, 1951, the Southend coastguard reported a message received from the naval authorities that the frigate Loch Fada, towing the L.C.T. Stalker, south-east of Sanda, found...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain John Tallon of Clogher Head. He was appointed bowman in 1933, became second coxswain in 1938 and has been coxswain since 1946. During his service as a boat's officer Clogher Head life- boats...
Category: Articles