LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Services In 1907
Lives saved Adelaide, brigantine, of Fowey — stood by and assisted to save vessel.
Adele, barque, of Brevig— stood by vessel.
Andalusia, s.s., of London — stood by vessel.
Antje,...
Category: Services
The Last War Service
The war in Europe ended at one minute after midnight of May 8th., and the last launch of a life-boat was one minute before the end. An mdei- vatei explosion, either torpedo or mine, had blown up a Norwegian minesweeper, one of four, fifteen...
Category: Articles
The Following Are Extracts from the General Rules of Management
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXTRACTS FROM THE GENERAL RULES OF MANAGEMENT :— " Each Life-boat to have a Coxswain Superintendent, with a fixed Annual Salary of £8.
" The Life-boat to be regularly taken afloat for...
Category: Accounts
Old Custom Revived: During the Fishermen's Harvest Festival
Old custom revived: during the fishermen's harvest festival at St Oswald's Parish Church, Flamborough, on October 4, 1987, the official station telescope was handed over by retiring Coxswain Robert Major (r) to his successor Les... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Billiboy Amity, of Goole
A vessel, which proved to be the billiboy Amity, of Goole, bound from Yarmouth to Grimsby in ballast, missed stays and stranded on the main at Eceles, during squally weather and a heavy swell, at 2 o'clock on the morning of the 30th...
Peeks of Bournemouth
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City of Plymouth
City of Plymouth brings the 35ft catamaran Myros into Mayflower Marina after a long tow in 45-knot winds. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.M. Cable Ship Iris
Ilfracombe, Devon - At 5.50 p.m. on 22nd July, 1967, information was received that a message had come in from H.M.
cable ship Iris requesting medical advice for a sick man on board. Arrangements were made for a doctor to be...
Henrietta Greve, of Granton
This life-boat also went off on the 22nd March and rendered important services to the brig Henrietta Greve, of Granton, which, daring a fresh gale from E.N.E., had grounded in Pakefield Gatway, but which was got off and taken to port with...
Building Up to the Millennium Ii
The RNLI's Shoreworks Manager Howard Richings continues his look at the Institution's shore facilities T;• he effects of coastal geology on the costs of operating the lifeboat service may not be immediately apparent, but the relative...
Category: Articles