Lt Cdr Barney Morris RN (Retd) Former Weymouth station honorary secretary, on 18 June..
Category: Obituaries
Howth lifeboat crew rushed to the aid of a woman whose car went over the harbour wall on 10 January. She escaped from the car and members of the public helped her to safety. The lifeboat crew then gave first aid to the woman, who was having...
Category: Articles
JANUARY 18TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 6.52 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the Belgian steamer Meuse was aground near the Haisboro’ Sands.
A W.N.W. wind was blowing with a moderate sea...
The Martin Jones jazz band played on board the lifeboat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastte to greet guests arriving at the Mayday Ball organised by Hull ladies lifeboat guild.
Over 250 guests enjoyed an excellent three-course... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT, Presi- dent of the Royal National Life-boat Institution recently named two new motor life-boats; one in March and one in May. The first, on March 29th, was at New Brighton, to whose station a 52-foot Barnett...
Category: Inaugurations
St. Mary's, Scilly Isles. At 9.55 on the evening of the 27th of September, 1958, the coxswain told the honorary secretary he had received a message thatthe fishing boat Pamela of Grimsby had left Tresco at 7.30 for St. Martin's but...
THE LIFE-BOAT (Est. 1852) All editorial material submitted for consideration with a view to publication in the Journal should be addressed to The Editor, THE LIFE-BOAT, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.1 (Tel. 01-730 0031). Photographs...
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Feature: A day to remember HM The Queen opens The Lifeboat College Feature: The Survival Centre The RNLI's centre of excellence for sea survival training Lifeboat Lottery Letters 9 11 14 Lifeboats and lifeguards in action Including a...
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Lifeboats Our 2007 programme includes 21 superb cruises with many fascinating new itineraries - our best ever line up of celebrities and guest speakers.
and to top it all the Ocean Majesty has had a £1 million...
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FEBRUARY 17TH. - HARTLEPOOL, AND SEAHAM, DURHAM, AND REDCAR, AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE. Shortly after midnight a message came to the Hartlepool honorary secretary’s house from the coastguard that the life-boat was wanted. The honorary secretary...