LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mastercard Team Brave the Rapids
Mastercard team brave the rapids The team from The Royal Bank of Scotland, who manage the lifeboat MasterCard, have raised £1,450 in sponsorship for the RNLI - their team entered the RNLI's Whitewater rafting event held earlier this... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Seine-Net Boat Sheryl
Lerwick, Shetlands. At 8.6 on the evening of the llth of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen south-east of Bressay Lighthouse in the direction of the Ord. A south-by-east gale was...
Question Time:
Question time: three lifeboatmen from Minehead ready to answer questions in a new series of Granada TV's Busman's Holiday, beginning in the new year and offering prizes of trips to exotic parts. Bryan Stoner (I), Chris Rundle... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Below Left - the Considerable Damage
Below left - The considerable damage to the container ship. Photos: © Mike Pett. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Story of a Goose
ON Sunday morning, 8th February, the Ramsey Life-boat went out to a ketch which was seen to be flying signals of distress a little way outside the harbour.
A strong breeze was blowing, but the sea was smooth and the...
Category: Articles
The Prince of Wales Presenting Medals at the Centenary Meeting
i From left to right:—Captain Sir Herbert Acton Blake, the Hon. George Colville, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Doveton Sturdee, Bt., Sir Donald MacLean. Acting Coxswain Younj (Cloughey, Co Down). Bowman James Innei (Newburgh), Coxswain John... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Converted Naval Whaler Trojan
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.10 early on the morning of the 8th of September, 1958, the coastguard re-ported that a small boat had been seen near the Buxey Sands at 5.30 the evening before. She had engine trouble, but her crew appeared to be...
Snowdon Range
The steam- ship Snowdon Range, of Sunderland, which passed through and survived such a succession of misfortunes in mid- Atlantic, came very near to being wrecked when being towed into harbour on the 14th January. The disabled steamer was...
The Archbishop of Wales' Appeal
THE Institution has received from the Archbishop of Wales a personal letter commending the work of the Institu- tion to the clergy and members of the Church in Wales. It is dated 23rd January, 1939: " I hope that both the clergy and the...
Category: Correspondence
The Motor Fishing Coble Maggie
— Several motor fishing boats and cobles put out early on the 2nd November, but were caught in a strong N.N.W. gale, with a very heavy sea. All except the motor fishing coble Our Maggie returned to harbour, and the motor life-boat Herbert...