LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rescue from a Yacht. Letters of Gratitude
Letters of Gratitude.
AT 7.15 on the evening of 22nd Novem- ber, 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...
Category: Services
Index to Advertisers
Brookes & Gatehouse Ltd. 159 Castrol Ltd. 148 Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd 159 Coastal Radio Ltd. 164 Cogswell & Harrison Ltd. 165 Dodson-Bull Carpet Co 175 Gallaher Ltd. Back cover Gardner Engines (Sales) Ltd. .. .. .. .. .. .. .....
Category: Index
William and Mary, of Yarmouth
On the night of the 12th December, during a gale of wind from S.S.W., the lugger William and Mary, of Yarmouth, was driven upon the Barnard Sand, between Lowestoft and Kessingland.
At daylight, as soon as the perilous...
A French Motor Life-Boat
JANUARY 26TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. A French motor life-boat bound for Bridlington for service as a rescue boat under the Admiralty had been disabled by her engine breaking down. The life-boat passed quite close to her in the darkness,...
Shoreline
WE HOPE ALL SHORELINE MEMBERS have enjoyed the fine summer. It would seem difficult not to have enjoyed the sunshine, even though our thoughts have been very much with the members of fire services all over the country and with those of our...
Category: Articles
First Rescue Ever from a Hovercraft
ON the 17th September, 1962, a service of a unique kind was carried out when for the first time a rescue was effected by life-boat from a hovercraft. The hovercraft was the first to be used on public service in this country and operated...
Category: Services
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 10th July, 1913.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.
Passed the following resolution :— " The Committee of Management of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION,...
Category: Committee
Sheringham: (Below Left) Coxswain Henry 'Joyful' West Presents Members of His Crew to the Duke (Right)]'Cromer: the Duke Is Shown Round the Museum By Its Curator
Sheringham: (Below, left) Coxswain Henry 'Joyful' West presents members of his crew to the Duke. (Right)]'Cromer: The Duke is shown round the museum by its curator, Don Harvey.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Model Effort:
Model effort: this half size replica of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston 44ft Waveney lifeboat Barham took eight months and several hundred man hours to complete and will be used to raise funds for the RNLI by being rented out to fetes and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Book reviews
Buy these books online via RNLI.org/amazon and Amazon will donate a minimum of 1% of the value
to the RNLI. Recommended retail prices may vary from the time of writing. Post and packaging costs may apply to online orders.
Category: Articles