LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dutch Awards to Torbay Crew
THE Queen of the Netherlands awarded the silver medal of humane assistance to ex-Coxswain H. O. Thomas of Torbay for the rescue of a man from a Dutch lighter on the 7th of December, 1959. The other seven members of the crew were each awarded...
Category: Awards
Brierley Hill and Kingswinford Branch
Brierley Hill and Kingswinford branch has a caravan, obtained through the good offices of a local benefactor, which can be seen regularly at local fetes and fund raising events. Here it is at Himley Hall Sailing Club's annual 24-hour... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lives Lost, 1853
The whole loss of lives during the year, as far as has been ascertained, amounts to 989.
Of these, 18 went down with the Herdd, which sunk off the Start, after collision with a schooner at night, on 10th January; 83 in the...
Category: Articles
The Sailing Vessel Wander Bird
On the evening of the 1st October a message was received from Horse Sand Fort that a vessel was stranded about two hundred yards north of Southsea Castle.
A strong N.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life...
People and Places
C ratty Draw Members of the Craft Club drew the winning tickets of the RNLI's 57th National Lottery at Headquarters on 30 April.
The Club ('Can't Remember A Flipping Thing') was founded by Jim Marsham and...
Category: Articles
Membership News
1992 and all that Thanks to your generous support, and that of all our other members, 1992 proved the most successful year yet for the RNLI membership scheme.
More than £3m was raised from your Shoreline and Governor...
Category: Articles
Spirit
spirit Incredible journey The RNLI’s Chief Executive spent an especially productive Summer last year. Carol Waterkeyn finds out how A senior manager takes a cycle ride. Quite unremarkable until you realise that the man in question is the...
Category: Articles
Margaret and Elizabeth
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 6th February, at about 9 P.M., while a whole gale was blowing from S.E. with a blinding snowstorm, a trawler entered the harbour and reported that she had passed a sunken schooner, the water being several feet...
Blackbrae
At 3.40 A.M. on the 25th February the Coastguard watchman reported that he had seen signals of distress in the direction of the Newcombe Bank. The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat Thomas Simcox was promptly summoned and the Life-boat proceeded...
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FLOATS MISTAKEN FOR MEN Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wezford.—At 9.40 in the morning of the 21st of October, 1947, information was received that what appeared to be a partly sub- merged boat with three men clinging to it had been seen in...