LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Division of the North of England Into Two Districts
IN making its appeals for public support, the Institution has decided to divide into two Districts the North of England, which up to the end of last year was one District, and which had as its Organizing Secretary the late Mr. Edgar H....
Category: Branches
The New Deputy Chief Inspector of Life-Boats
COMMANDER S. W. F. BENNETTS, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N. (Retd.), was ap- pointed Deputy Chief Inspector of Life-boats on 1st of July. He was previously District Inspector (General), in which appointment he came to the Institution on 16th of...
Category: Articles
First Slipway Launching and Recovery Trials for the Prototype 47Ft
First slipway launching and recovery trials for the prototype 47ft Tyne class fast slipway lifeboat City of London were successfully completed at Selsey lifeboat station in the spring. Selsey's own 48ft (tin Oaklev lifeboat Charles Henry... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Moored Together In Newlyn Harbour: the Two 52Ft Aruns
Moored together in Newlyn Harbour: the two 52ft Aruns given to the Institution by David Robinson—Mabel Alice, Penlee lifeboat, and Charles Brown, which recently went on station at Buckle. photograph by courtesy of John Corin. - View image in PDF
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Before and After - the St.Davids' Tyne Class Lifeboat Garside
Before, and after - the St Davids' Tyne class lifeboat Garside makes a splash after being named by HRH The Duke of Kent on 2 June 1989. - View image in PDF
(Photo courtesy Martin Cavaney Photography). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Four Days of Gales. Six Launches at Cromer and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston
DUEING the gale on the East Coast on the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th of November there were six launches at Cromer and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston. The crew of the Cromer station were out on service continuously for forty-five hours, while...
Category: Services
Was the Queen a Pilot Boat In Lagos?
Was The Queen a pilot boat in Lagos? After World War 2 I went to work in British West Africa and spent the 1950s in Lagos.
The Lagos pilot used an ex-UK lifeboat reputed to have been on the Mersey. As almost all the major... - View image in PDF
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Holiday-Makers Watch the Naming of the New Aberystwyth Lifeboat Aguila Wren
(See page 437). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Longhope Life-Boat Speeding to Help the Swedish Ship Oljaren
(See page 215). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs