LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rye Harbour Station Closed In 1928 After the Loss of Mary Stanford and Her Whole Crew of 17 Was Re-Established As An Ilb Station In 1966
Rye Harbour station, closed in 1928 after the loss of Mary Stanford and her whole crew of 17, was re-established as an ILB station in 1966.. - View image in PDF
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New Ways of Raising Money
Following the success of last year's exhibition at the Templars Secondary School in Stepney an even more impressive show was put on this year, to coincide with London Life-boat Day. Pride of place was given to an I.R.B. Other exhibits...
Category: Donations
The Mersey Dock Board No. 4 Pilot Boat
Moelfre, Anglesey.—About ten o'clock on the night of the 16th of January, 1950, the Holyhead coastguard tele- phoned that the Mersey Dock Board No. 4 Pilot Boat had struck a sub- merged object in Moelfre Bay and was in need of help. At...
The S.S. St. Kenneth
STRANDED ON THE BREAKWATER Holyhead, Anglesey.—A minute be- fore midnight on the night of the 31st of March, 1948, the coastguard reported that the s.s. St. Kenneth, of Dublin, anchored off the breakwater, was drag- ging her anchors...
The Bermuda Sloop-Rigged Yacht Astral
Douglas, Isle of Man.—About two o'clock on the afternoon of the 1st of June, 1953, the harbour master received a message from the S.S.
Snaefell, of Douglas, that she was standing by the Bermuda sloop-rigged yacht Astral...
The S.S. Selskar and S.S. Nordic
Walmer, Kent—On the night of the 31st of March, 1949, the S.S. Selskar, of Newcastle, and the S.S. Nordic, of Stockholm, were in collision near the South Falls Buoy, and the Ramsgate life-boat was launched, but her services were not needed...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain William Henry Glendewar, of St. Helier, Jersey. He was an officer of the life-boat for twenty-six years, serving as second-coxswain from January 1913 to March 1919, and then as coxswain until January...
Category: Articles
The Steamers Stella Maris and Oria
About 10 P.M. on the 7th January, two steamers, the Stella Maris, of Glasgow, and Oria, of Bilbao, collided off the Skerries.
Within five minutes of the collision the latter vessel sank, but happily her crew were able to...
Record of the Branches: 1925—1926. The 20 Branches With the Highest Collection
The 2ft Branches with WE publish below a, table showing the leading Branches with their contributions.
All of them were among the first twenty last year except Salisbury and District, Margate and Worthing, which take the...
Category: Donations
The Old Life-Boat Station at South Sands from Which the William and Emma Set Out In 1916 and (right) the Names of the 13 Local Life-Boatmen Who Perished In the Disaster
The old life-boat station at South Sands from which the William and Emma set out in 1916 and (right) the names of the 13 local life-boatmen who perished in the disaster. It was Richard Durant, of Sharpham, Totnes, who gave Salcombe its first... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs