LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Royal Opening for Kirkwall Boat House
HRH The Princess Royal visited Kirkwall Harbour, during a tour of Orkney, where she formally opened the lifeboat house and unve-iled two dedication plaques. The plaques had been specially prepared from a granite curling stone which had been... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Landing Craft of the Royal Navy
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.—At 5.25 in the evening on the 2nd of Feb- ruary, 1950, the pier master reported that a landing craft of the Royal Navy had fired Verey lights in the direction of the Langford Grounds. At 5.55 the life-boat Fifi...
Charles Henry 'Bill' Harvey,
FEBRUARY 1998 Charles Henry 'Bill' Harvey, committee member since 1987 and chairman of the Back of the Wight branch from 1990 until his death..
Category: Obituaries
HM the Queen's Visit
When HM The Queen visited The Marine Society on December 5, 1979, to open its new offices, the RNLI was represented by Vice- Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a deputy chairman of the Institution, (c.) and John Atterton, deputy director, RNLI (I.)... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Royal gratitude
This is the moment that the RNLI’s Patron, HM The Queen, thanked Newhaven lifeboat crew for their courage during the October storms. Her Royal Highness met Newhaven lifeboat Coxswain Paul Legendre during a visit to Newhaven after the crew...
Category: Articles
Rnli Medals and the Royal Mint By Oliver Warner
FROM ITS FOUNDATION in 1824, until the reign of George V, the Institution's medals were designed by officials of the Royal Mint. By courtesy of the Deputy Master, I am able to illustrate photographs of the original dies (Figs. 1 and 2),...
Category: Medals
Coxswain Charles Ward, of Aldeburgh
Coxswain Charles Edward Ward, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, who died at the beginning of July in his eighty-sixth year, had served as an officer of the Aldeburgh life-boat for thirty-three years. He was second coxswain from 1876 until 1882, and...
Category: Obituaries
Royal Visits
Top) HRH The Duchess of Kent talks to crew and station personnel at Pwllheli lifeboat station during her tour. - View image in PDF
Photo Peter Westley Photography. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Charles Jose
At 11.50 P.M. on the 17th December the Dartmouth coastguards reported that a steamer was ashore on Slapton Sands, in Start Bay.
A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea, and visibility was...
Royal Exchange
Aith, Shetlands. — At 11.25 on the night of the 24th of October, 1953, a crofter telephoned the coxswain that a fishing boat was making distress signals at The Rona, off Aith Voe.
Five minutes after midnight the life- boat...