LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
September (1)
SEPTEMBER MEETING FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. On the 11th June, 1942, a Spitfire aeroplane was on a practice flight when the engine failed and the pilot landed on the sea. There was a slight swell with a light N.E. wind. The aeroplane sank...
Category: Services
SPECIAL DELIVERY
PRINCESS VICTORIA
Our feature on the Princess Victoria disaster in the spring issue evoked some memories for readers:
Pamela Miley writes:
Your article on the Princess Victoria brought back memories...
Category: Articles
Inshore Lifeboats: Handing-Over Ceremonies at Crimdon Dene Hartlepool and Little and Broad Haven
SPRING, AND A NEW SEASON of inshore lifeboat service was given a fine start by the dedication of three boat generously given to the Institution by its friends: an Atlantic 21 for Hartlepool and D class ILBs for Crimond Dene and Little and...
Category: Inaugurations
Altmark
Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 7.15 on the morning of the 12th of June, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat was ashore one mile north of Sker Point. At 7.55 the life-boat The William Gammon— Manchester and...
Gifts from Life-Boat Crews
THE Institution has recently received two gifts from its own Crews out of money which had been received for the salvage of vessels—£3 from the Clacton Crew, which on 2nd January last saved the barge Decima with two men on board, and...
Category: Donations
Photos, clockwise from top left of each page: RNLI staff wait at the College entrance for the first guests to arrive . HM the Queen and Chairman Sir Jock Slater
Photos, clockwise from top left of each page: RNLI staff wait at the College entrance for the first guests to arrive (Bella West •,'!iy); HM The Queen and Chairman Sir Jock Slater • ,ik.' their speeches (Beila West Photography); the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Two Brave Life-Savers. Portlethen, Kincardineshire, and Southwold, Suffolk
Portlethen, Kincardineshire, and Southwold, Suffolk.
ON 26th November, 1924, two acts of great individual gallantry were per- formed in rescuing life from vessels stranded near the shore. One was on the rocky coast of...
Category: Services
Wading into Danger
In the early hours of the morning, a man clung on for dear life, shivering in the near-freezing, fast-flowing river. Would rescuers be able to reach him in time? Rory Stamp reports
It was 10 January 2009 and a man was seen...
Category: Articles
Two Naming Ceremonies In Scotland. Aith, Shetlands, and Broughty Ferry, Dundee
Aith, Shetland*, and Droughty Ferry, Dundee.
Two naming ceremonies of new motor life-boats took place in Scotland during September, at Aith in the Shetlands and Broughty Ferry, Dundee. Both life- boats were the gifts of...
Category: Inaugurations
Welcome
When it comes to making our waters safer, everyone can play their part
Watching the Cox’s Bazar lifeguards receive their awards in December (see Rescue, p16), it struck me that this could have been any lifeguard club back...
Category: Articles