LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bluebird
Dungeness, Kent.—A fisherman reported to the coxswain at 11.45 A.M.
on the 10th August that a yacht had been dismasted a mile south of Dungeness.
She was the Bluebird, bound for Portsmouth from Dover, with...
The Water Lily
SMALL BOAT HELPLESS Dungeness, Kent.—At 3.10 in the afternoon of the 6th of July, 1947, the Lade coastguard reported a small boat flying a signal of distress about one and a half miles north-north-east of the coastguard station,...
Some Ways of Raising Money
There have been bonds between the police in Wolverhampton and the RNLI since 1863 when Captain Henry Segrave, the Chief Constable of Wolverhampton, was elected honorary secretary of the newly-formed Wolverhampton branch, and over the years...
Category: Donations
Hrh the Duke of Kent at Ramsey Paid Tribute to Lifeboat Crew Their Wives and Families
HRH The Duke of Kent at Ramsey paid tribute to lifeboat crew, their wives and iamilies. - View image in PDF
Photo Island Photographic Co. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
News and Views
The Annual Meetings The RNLI's Annual General Meeting and Annual Presentation of Awards for 1997 will again take place in the Barbican Hall, London.
The meetings will be held on Thursday 15 May, the AGM at 1130 and the...
Category: Articles
People and Places
a r o u n d and a b o u t t h e RNLI King of the draw The names of the 20 lucky prize winners in the RNLI's 52nd national lottery were plucked from the drum on 31 January by Desmond Carrington, well-known actor and Radio 2 presenter.<...
Category: Articles
Legacies Paid to the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
LEGACIES PAID TO THE ROYAL NATIONAL' LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION DURING THE TEN YEARS ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1892.
[Legacieg under £250 are omitted after having oeeu published twice in tfce Annual Eeporfa.} Amount...
Category: Donations
Rnli National Lottery
THE DUKE OF ATHOLL, chairman of the RNLI, came to Poole headquarters on Wednesday October 31 to draw the 20 winners of the twenty-seventh national lottery. More than £45,000 had been raised and the chairman was successful in drawing...
Category: Articles
(Below) Hrh the Duchess of Kent Waves to the Crowds at Whitby
(Belowl HRH The Duchess of Kent waves to the crowds at Whitby from the station's newly named Trent class lifeboat, George and Mary Webb.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Safely Out of the Dangerous Waters of Whitby Rock - Partly Visible In the Background - the Waveney Class White Rose at Yorkshire Heads for the Harbour Entrance With The
Safely out of the dangerous waters of Whitby Rock - partly visible in the background - the Waveney class White Rose at Yorkshire heads for the harbour entrance with the survivor aboard (Photo Les Heath). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs