LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Phaedra
PwIIheli, Caernarvonshire.—On the afternoon of the 25th of August, 1948, a south-west gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and at 4.10 the Abersoch coastguard asked the life-boat to search for a sailing boat which had been seen off...
Life-Boat Carol Singers
LAST Christmas a number of Branches again arranged carol-singing parties.
East Grinstead (Sussex), which has been most successful with its carol-singing for the past four Christmases, collected over £16 in two evenings...
Category: Articles
Feature: Lifeboat Lottery
Every ticket counts The Lifeboat Lottery has been raising essential funds for over 25 years. During this time it has raised in excess of £12M - so thank you to all those who have supported the RNLI in this way Thanks to changes in...
Category: Articles
Davenport
May Meeting.
Eastbourne, Sussex.—On the morning of the 27th February a man reported that he had seen a vessel showing flares. She was the barge Davenport, of Ipswich, bound with a crew of three, and cargo of firebricks,...
Gretna Green Blacksmith's Shop
MR. R. RENNISOX, the manager and guide of the old blacksmith's shop at Gretna Green, famous for runaway marriages, which is visited by thousands of people every year, very kindly offered, at the end of June, 1950, to have collecting...
Category: Donations
Deputy Second Coxswain David Cox
Deputy Second Coxswain David Cox. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Boats
ARBROATH, FORFARSHIRE.—On the 29th January at 6 P.M. information was received that the fishing fleet was making for the harbour, and that in the prevailing weather—a strong S.S.E.
gale and very heavy sea—their coming in...
The Light Type of Motor Life-Boat. Problems of the Three Capsizes
By LiEUT.-CoMMANDER P. E. VAUX, D.S.C., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-boats.
THEEE motor life-boats have capsized in the space of fifteen months. In each capsize lives were lost.
The St. Ives life-boat...
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