LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Yacht Auriga and Haliday
AT 7.15 on the evening of 22nd November, a wireless message was received at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, from the Sunk Lightship, reporting that the Lightship could see flares four to five miles to the north-west. A whole gale was blowing from...
George Ellis
George Ellis, coxswain of Clacton lifeboat from 1953 to 1968. Mr Ellis joined the crew in 1934 and also served as second coxswain from 1945 to 1953..
Category: Obituaries
Peter Mcloughlin
Peter McLoughlin, coxswain of Howth lifeboat from 1965 to 1967. Mr McLoughlin served as second coxswain from 1962 until his appointment as coxswain..
Category: Obituaries
Rhys David Jones,
Rhys David Jones, coxswain of Barmouth lifeboat from 1960 to 1966. Mr Jones joined the crew in 1925, was bowman from 1955 to 1956 and second coxswain from 1956 to 1959..
Category: Obituaries
Michael Walsh,
Michael Walsh, coxswain of Ballycotton lifeboat from 1950 to 1977. He served as second coxswain from 1940 to 1950 and was awarded a Bronze medal in 1943..
Category: Obituaries
RNLI Director Andrew Freemantle
RNLI director Andrew Freemantle presented a pewter lifeboat diorama to Admiral James Loy, Commandant of the US Coastguard, during a visit in September 2000. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Kragero (1)
BARMOUTH and PWLLHELI.—On the 2nd August the Life-boats Jones Gibb, stationed at Barmouth, and Margaret Plait stationed at Pwllheli, proceeded to the assistance of the barque Kragero, of Krageio, bound from Wilmington, South Carolina, for...
Fig 1: Compressed Air Bottle With Pneumatic Valve Box at End Is Lowered on to Its Mounting Cradles By British Hovercraft Conversion Crew Brian Augustus (Left) and Leslie
Fig, 1: Compressed air bottle, with pneumatic valve box at end, is lowered on to its mounting cradles by British Hovercraft conversion crew, Brian Augustus (left) and Leslie Harris.
Note new square stretcher hatch into deck... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.R.H. Princess Marina— the Institution's President
IN the last issue of THE LIFE-BOAT, it was reported that Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, had now completed 25 years as President of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. The Princess succeeded the late Duke of Kent, who had been the...
Category: Articles
During the 1979 World Cruise
During lh? IV7 J world cruise of the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2, nn English country fair was held in aid of the American British Lifeboat Appeal. Introduced by f-'ather Mill.', and opened by Captain Douglas Ridley, the fair wax... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs