LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ceremonies
Quay, Bembridge Harbour on Thursday, September 10, 1987.
The Foundation has also provided two Arun class boats, one stationed at Stornoway and the other in the RNLI's relief fleet.
Sir Max Aitken had...
Category: Inaugurations
City of Marseilles
JANUARY 6TH. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. At 11.6 A.M. a message was received from the Carnoustie coastguard that the twin-screw steamer City of Marseilles, of Glasgow, of 8,300 tons, bound from Calcutta to Dundee, had been mined off the Fairway...
(Right) Cyril Watts With His Wife Rita on Board Centaur 731 Eilean Sitheil In Which Last Summer He Completed a Sponsored Circumnavigation of Britain Starting from the Br
(Right) Cyril Watts, with his wife Rita, on board Centaur 731, Eilean Sitheil, in which last summer he completed a sponsored circumnavigation of Britain, starting from the Bristol Channel; he expects to raise £1,000 for the RNLI. Mr... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Raft of Races
The team from The Shoulder of Mutton, winners of the award for the pub collecting the most sponsorship in the river Ouse raft race. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
News from the Branches
Awards to Honorary Workers.1 DURING February and March the following awards have been made to Honorary Secretaries of Branches and to other honorary workers in re- cognition of their services in the cause of the Institution :—• To Captain...
Category: Branches
A Suggestion. To Those In Charge of the Young
CHARACTER never alters, but it may be influenced, instructed and guided, and never so well as in the days of child- hood and early youth. Whilst it is of the utmost importance that the young should be encouraged to be industrious, thrifty...
Category: Articles
The Netherlands Fishery Cruiser Vos
SICK MAN TAKEN OFF DUTCH TRAWLER Berwick-upon-T weed, Northumberland.
At 12.14 on the afternoon of the 14th June, 1962, a message was received from the staff of the Flag Officer, Scotland, that the Netherlands fishery...
Queen, of Youghal
On the 10th February the brigantine Queen, of Youg- hal, was endeavouring to enter this har- bour during a very heavy gale from the N-W, On rounding the pJer-iaad she Jet go an anchor, but the cable parted, and she drifted about a mile...
Other IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 170, 181 and 194, the following launches on service were made during the months of March to May, 1966, inclusive: Aberystwyth,...
Category: Services
Simulated Shouts at Sennen
One of the most frequent requests to the RNLI's PR department is 'Can you arrange a trip on a lifeboat?' Sadly, the answer has to be 'no', since lifeboats are emergency vessels and need to be in constant readiness to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs