LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy (4)
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 9.35 on the evening of the 1st of September, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two people in a dinghy fitted with an outboard motor were shouting for help off the south beach.
At...
Seal
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 9.15 on the night of the 1st of June, 1956. the Orlock coastguard rang up to say that a motor boat was in distress in Don- aghadee Sound. Thelife-boatK.E.C.F., on temporary duty at the station, put out at 9.25 in a...
Record of Rescues In 1965
1965 month January February March April May June July August September October November December Number of times life-boats called out on service 1965 63 38 54 90 72 98 104 179 1 02 76 104 58 1,038 Lives saved by life-boats 1965 30 4 36 77...
Category: Services
Belle
During a moderate E.S.E. gale on the 1st August the schooner Belle of the Plym, of Plymouth, stranded on the Doombar, at the entrance of the harbour. The chief officer of Coastguard reported the casualty by telephone at 6.30 P.M., and it...
Annual Report. 1903
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Royal United Service Institution, "Whitehall, on Thursday, the 5th day of March, 1903, His Grace the DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, K.G., in the Chair, the...
Category: Annual Reports
Great Rail Journeys
Alpine Tour BY TRAIN FROM LONDON Travel with the UK's leading rail holiday specialists on this fabulous 15-day holiday through the Alps. A friendly and professional Tour Manager accompanies all departures so sit back, relax and enjoy the...
Category: Advertisement
The Testing of a New Life-Boat
IN November 1908 and in February this year an account was given in the Life-boat Journal of the steps taken to select a new Life-boat, and also some Notes of the way she is built. It may now be of interest to the coxswains and crews who man...
Category: Articles
The Prince of Wales, Gravesend, Crew Rowing Down Woolwich Reach In the 5Th RNLI Annual Sponsored Marathon Row, Gravesend to Greenwich and Back, August 18,
The Prince of Wales, Gravesend, crew rowing down Woolwich Reach in the 5th RNLI annual sponsored marathon row, Gravesend to Greenwich and back, August 18, 1974. It all started with Eric Lupton's idea in 1970. Twelve boats rowed from... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lecture on Life-Boats
I.—Preliminary Remarks, IN a country bounded on all sides by the sea, whose earliest associations are connected with it, through the medium of which it has derived its civilization, its wealth, its grand political status, and probably to a...
Category: Articles
Saleta and Terminist
Walmer, Kent. At 1.42 early on the morning of the 1st of October, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen four to five miles south-east of the look-out.
At two o'clock the...