LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Nestlea and Dereske (1)
NOVEMBER 1 8 - 2 0TH. - BALTIMORE, COURTMACSHERRY, AND BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. About 10.30 A.M. a wireless message, which had been picked up at Cork, was received at Baltimore that the steamer Nestlea, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, had been attacked...
From the Director
I was very pleased to include a message in the Winter issue of THE LIFEBOAT last year, and I am delighted to do so again.
I mentioned last year various developments in lifeboat design which were being undertaken, and it is...
Category: Articles
New Ways of Raising Money
Collecting house flags of various shipping lines is the hobby of Mr. C. M. Pope, who lives near Sherborne in Dorset. For each flag received he sends a contribution to the R.N.L.I., this "consideration money" amounting to an average...
Category: Donations
Gladonia (1)
Long hours at sea THE CARGO VESSEL Gladonla, broken down and drifting 34 miles east of Lowestoft, was reported to the honorary secretary of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat station by Yarmouth Coastguard at 0850 on Tuesday January 3,...
Little Treasures!
After raiding their toy cupboards and wardrobes Amy Bromilow, left, aged eight, and her sister Rebecca, aged ten, held a jumble sale outside their home in Stoneclough, raising £80.63 for Farnworth and Kearsley branch of which their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rescue from Trawler Aground Near Eilmore
About 10.45 on the night of Thursday, the 19th of December, 1957, the lights of a vessel passing between the two Saltee islands off the Wexford coast were seen from Kilmore Quay.
It was a wild night, and as the coast is a...
Category: Services
Dixie
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—9th October, 1938. The Norwegian steamer Dixie was in trouble through the failure of her engine off the Antrim coast, but a breakdown in communications prevented the news reaching the Donaghadee life-boat station....
RNLI plan
The RNLI plan 2010–14 is now available to view online, at rnli.org.uk/fiveyearplan.
The plan sets out clearly how the RNLI intends to carry on its proud tradition while addressing potentially difficult times ahead. See...
Category: Articles
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SEPTEMBER 21ST. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
At 12 noon a message was received from the R.A.F. Observer Corps at Squires Gate that an R.A.F. pilot who was on patrol had reported a parachute down in the sea about three miles...
District Conferences. Greater London
Greater London.
THE Annual Conference of Branches in Greater London was held on 9th October, at the City Hall, Westminster. Dele- gates were present from twenty-one Branches and nine Ladies' Life-boat Guilds, and were...
Category: Meetings