LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Newquay (Cornwall):
Newquay (Cornwall): In beautiful weather on Sunday August 12, Father Donald Smith, station honorary chaplain, conducts the service of dedication of the new 17ft 6in C class inflatable lifeboat provided by clubs affiliated to the Rugby... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Awards to Honorary Workers
DURING November and December, 1920, and January, 1921, the following awards were made to Honorary Secretaries of Branches, and to other honorary workers in recognition of their services in the cause of the Institution : — To ROBERT LEES, Esq...
Category: Awards
Weathering the storm
As the recession continues, your support for the RNLI is more important than ever.
Six out of ten lifeboat launches are only possible thanks to legacy gifts. While we expect the number of gifts to increase over the coming...
Category: Articles
Sea Venture
TOW FOR FISHING BOAT IN FOG Dungeness, Kent. At 2.5 on the afternoon of the 6th May, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the local fishing boat Sea Venture was overdue. She had last been seen south of Newcombe buoy at...
Viper
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—During the morning of the llth January, 1938, the local motor fishing boat Viper's engine broke down when she was fishing about half a mile west of Ramore Head. She carried a crew of four. Another fishing boat, The...
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life Governors THE following have been appointed honorary life governors of the Institution and presented with a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum and signed by H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent as President of the Institution : LADY...
Category: Awards
Dr (Constance) Margaret Shimmin
Dr (Constance) Margaret Shimmin - former Aith lifeboat station Chairman and Lifeboat Medical Adviser.
Category: Obituaries
Sandhill
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT NEWCASTLE JANUARY 28TH, 30TH and 31ST.- NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. At 12.30 in the afternoon of the 28th, the motor life-boat L. P. and St. Helen was launched to the help of the motor vessel Sandhill, of Newcastle- on-Tyne,...
A Bronze-Medal Service at Penlee
AT 2.15 ih the morning of 27th January a message was received at the Penlee life-boat station from the coast- guard that a ship appeared to be on fire near Gear Rock in Mounts Bay.
Twenty minutes later the motor life- boat...
Category: Services
H.M.T. Brabant
NOVEMBER 2 8TH. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE.
During the night Dr. F. O. Taylor reported having received a message from the Royal Naval Shore Signal Station that a government trawler had signalled for a doctor. A strong...