LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mr. Punch In 1919
THE THREAT 'Nah then, Augustus, just you keep in yer depth there, else you'll 'ave the life-boat after yer.
Reproduced by kind permission of the Proprietors of PUNCHOwing to Internal reasons the above gentlemen...
Category: Drawings
Second International Life-Boat Conference
By George F. Shee, M.A., Secretary of the Institution.
IN February, 1823, Colonel Sir William Hillary, soldier, author, philanthropist and greatest of Life-boat men, issued his appeal to the nation, advocating the formation...
Category: Meetings
Mandy (1)
Runswick, Yorkshire - At 2.30 p.m.
on 28th June, 1967, a rowing boat with a broken oar was seen being swept out to sea off Staithes. The life-boat The Elliott Gill was launched at 2.45 in a strong south westerly breeze and...
Soccer Stars Kick Off Appeal
Soccer stars kick off appeal Soccer premier league personalities Roy Evans and Howard Kendall were in Portrush recently to help launch the appeal fund for the resort's new £1.8m. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
On Instruction from the Coxswain and Second Coxswain
On instruction from the coxswain and second coxswain, the crew of Southsea lifeboat launch by pulling on the haul-off warp. This was a rope which was attached to an anchor offshore, allowing the lifeboat to be hauled out through the surf... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
King Edward VIII and the Life-Boat Service
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 131 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 37 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to September 30th, 1936 - - - - 64,752 King Edward VIII and the Life-boat...
Category: Articles
Legacies Received In 1900
FOR SPECIAL TRUST PURPOSES.
Capital Available.
f. t. d.
Beach, Mrs. Sarah, James Street, W. 1000 - - Courtney, Mrs. Caroline, Exmouth . 1000 - - Hopwood, Samuel Weymouth, Esq., Queen...
Category: Donations
Ceremonies
Anstruther - Mersey class Kingdom of Fife The picturesque Fife harbour of Anstruther basked in glorious sunshine on 29 May 1992 for the launch of the station's new lifeboat Kingdom of Fife by HRH The Duchess of...
Category: Inaugurations
Hope
The Branch has received a donation of £10 10s. Od.
from Dr. J. Gerard-Pearse, owner of the yacht Hope, and the three men who were on board with him when the yacht was rescued by the Weymouth Motor Life-boat on the 8th...
Back on Station - a Century Late!
A century after the old Boarhills private lifeboat fell into disuse the station was visited by Broughty Ferry's Arun and D class lifeboats.
The Arun's Y-boat is pictured in the entrance to the old boathouse - no... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs