LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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The National Association of Round Tables of Great Britain and Ireland has supported the RNLI since the 1970s, funding 10 lifeboats. Now it has made the RNLI its Presidential Charity of the Year, May 2010–11.
The...
Category: Articles
St.Marylebone Branch Raised S280 With a Most Enjoyable 'Any Questions ?' Evening at Seymour Hall Last November the Distinguished Panellists Were (I to R) Raymond B
St Marylebone branch raised S.280 with a most enjoyable 'Any Questions ?' evening at Seymour Hall last November. The distinguished panellists were (I. to r.) Raymond Baxter, Mrs Mattie Pritchard, Brian Johnston, Dr Richard Gordon and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Robert and Henry of Dundalk
On the 13th December, 1859, the brigantine Robert and Henry, of Dun- dalk, ran ashore on the Horse Bank, at the entrance of the River Mersey; intelligence being conveyed to Lytham of the disaster, the Institution's life-boat at that...
Ceremonies
Barra Island Arun class Ann Lewis Fraser Barra Island lies at the southern tip of the Western Isles, and the community of Castle Bay is the home of the lifeboat and also the terminal for the ferry which, with the daily air flight, is the...
Category: Inaugurations
Lytham St.Anne's (Below Left): Dedication of the Ilb Funded By the North West Green Shield Stamp Appeal Atlantic 21 Wolverhampton (Below Right) Is Named By The
Lytham St Anne's (below, left): Dedication of the ILB funded by the North West Green Shield Stamp appeal.
Atlantic 21 Wolverhampton (below, right) is named by the Mayor.
photograph by courtesy of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded In 1875
Jan. 1.—JOHN ROWNAN, of Knalton, Co. Wa- terford, on the occasion' of the wreck of the barque Gwmissa, at Knalton Cove, afforded shel- ter to 3 of the crew who had got ashore, and af- terwards assisted to save 6 others of- the crew, all...
Category: Articles
List of Gifts and Bequests Having Special Conditions Attached to Them Appropriated By the Committee In 1900
Name of Donor or Testator. The late Mr. George Wooflndin
Amount of Gift or Legacy. 630
Date received. 1895
Object. For a George Woofndin Life-boat
How carried out....
Category: Donations
Peter Glen (R) Cruise Director of Fred Olson Travel
During Poole Open Days, Peter Glen (r), cruise director of Fred Olson Travel, presented a cheque for £3,000 to Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the Institution; with them is Anthony Oliver, appeals secretary. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Miss A.J.M.
Droughty Ferry, Angus. At 2.10 p.m. on 2nd September, 1964, the coxswain saw a small speedboat, with one person on board, trying to restart the engine, which was drifting down stream with the tide. At 2.15 the inshore rescue boat launched in...
William, of Liverpool
On the 9th February, the schooner William of Liverpool ran ashore, during a heavy gale, a mile and a half west of Rhyl.
The tubular life-boat, stationed at Rhyl, was launched as soon as practicable, and proceeded to the...