LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Dowager Viscountess Colville of Culross
The Dowager Viscountess Colville of Culross, OBE president of Inverbervie and district ladies' guild from 1973 to 1985 and who was awarded a gold badge in 1982..
Category: Obituaries
Raymond Cory, a Member of the Committee of Management, on Behalf of Branches and Guilds In the Welsh District, Presented a Royal Worcester Commemorative Va
Raymond Cory, a member of the Committee of Management, on behalf of branches and guilds in the Welsh District, presented a Royal Worcester commemorative vase to Miss T. H. Ashe, retiring district organising secretary, and a commemorative... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wings of the Morning and Jonarra
Margate, Kent. At 5.19 on the after- noon of the 3rd of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat appeared to be in difficulties two miles east of Tongue Sand Fort. The life-boat North Fore- land (Civil...
At the Irish International Boat Show In Dublin Last March Lieut- Colonel Brian Clark National Organiser Ireland Congratulated the Lagan Valley Round Table Team O
At the Irish International Boat Show in Dublin last March, Lieut.- Colonel Brian Clark, national organiser, Ireland, congratulated the Lagan Valley Round Table Team on their successful Round Ireland Trip, during which they visited all Irish... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Hundred Years Ago
An extract from The Life-boat, or Journal of the National Shipwreck Institution, 1853.
THE Committee regret to have to state that the frequency of shipwrecks on the coasts of the United Kingdom, during the past twelve...
Category: Articles
A Catamaran
Two crew rescued from disabled catamaran after rigging cut free Falmouth lifeboat coxswain Alan Barnes and crew member Peter Wood have been awarded the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum following the rescue of two people and...
Pig Farms, Cottages and Parrots
A legacy is a simple matter to set up, but sometimes whatthe RNLI receives is far from simple.
Ray Kipling, the Institution's Deputy Director, explains 'We're very proud of our new lifeboat. We'll take good...
Category: Articles
Sue Punch at Work Photograph By Courtesy of London Express
Sue Punch at work. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of London Express.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Twice Wrecked In One Day
A MAN named WILLIAMS had two extraordinary escapes from shipwreck off Tuskar, on the 30th of April last. It appears that the new clipper schooner, George, Captain CRASS, which lately brought over the first cargo produce from Laird's Town...
Category: Articles
Yachts and Dinghies
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...