LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Constabulary Choir
The Royal Ulster Constabulary choir recently held a number of concerts in the Ulster Hall raising £4,329 for Portrush lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lodge Outing
In April members of the Facta non Verba Lodge 3049 met Newhaven lifeboat VIPs to present them with a cheque for £2,000.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fundraising 'Bathing Belles'
The fundraising 'bathing belles' from the Co-op with representatives of Bridlington lifeboat station Photo: Prospect photographic agency. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Newhaven, we have a problem
6 November: A former astronaut got into difficulties when his eco-friendly schooner experienced fuel contamination in choppy conditions. Newhaven’s all-weather Severn class lifeboat was on scene within half an...
Category: Articles
Blue Star
New Quay, Cardiganshire - At 11.15 p.m. on 27th June, 1967, it was learned that the speed boat Blue Star with one man on board was overdue from a fishing trip. The life-boat St. Albans was launched at 12.07 a.m. on 28th in a gentle north...
Jeanne Gougy
TWELVE MEN LOST FROM FRENCH TRAWLER Sennen Cove, and Penlee, Cornwall.
At 5.21 on the morning of the 3rd November, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain of the Sennen Cove life-boat that a vessel was ashore on the...
(Left) a Knot Board for Hq Museum Poole Presented to Captain Nigel Dixon (I) By Arthur Hull Comes With the Goodwill of Everyone at Atv Network Studios Boreha
(Left) A knot board for HQ museum, Poole, presented to Captain Nigel Dixon (I.) by Arthur Hull comes with the goodwill of everyone at ATV Network Studios, Boreham Wood. The knots were made by Tom Riley, a security officer, the frame by Peter... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Eastbourne October 21 1986:
Eastbourne, October 21, 1986: heavy rain and a strong south-westerly force 8 wind greeted guests at the handing over and dedication ceremony of Eastbourne's new 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat. At 2.30 pm the ceremony began at the site... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Name's Bond...
When you think of Bond, most of you will think of James Bond - 007 with shaken, not stirred, vodka-martini cocktails. But the RNLI's real Bond is Peter Bond, Morecarnbe's D class lifeboat. Instead of a car with machine guns hidden... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Henry Blogg. The First Sea Lord's Tribute to the Life-Boat Service
IN December, 1945, the Institution sent to Cromer one of the first two of a new type of 46-feet Watson -cabin life-boat. In them, for the first time, the steering wheels were placed amidships instead of at the stern. This boat was sent to...
Category: Inaugurations