LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mrs Frances Seaton Names the New Relief Fleet D Class Inflatable 41 Club III at a Ceremony In the Rnli's Poole Depot
Mrs Frances Seaton names the new relief fleet D class inflatable 41 Club I/I at a ceremony in the RNLI's Poole depot. The lifeboat was funded by the Association of Ex-Tablers Clubs.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
St. Helier Service to the Maurice Georges, 13th-14th September, 1949
Scale: 1 3/4 inches to the mile.
Category: Charts
One of the New 17Ft 6In Twin-Engined C Class Inflatable Lifeboats
One of the new 17ft 6in twin-engined C class inflatable lifeboats preparing to go afloat after her official handing over at Criccieth last May. A report of the ceremony appeared on page 57 of the summer 1984 issue of THE LIFEBOAT. photograph... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Converted Yacht Thoma II,a Tug and a Fire-Float
OCTOBER 26TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 7.45 in the evening the naval control asked the life-boat coxswain to assemble his crew, as a vessel, somewhere in the east anchorage, was sending out a wireless SOS, and a tug and a fire-float...
The Longest Loaf In the World: Coventry Mercia Round Table Giving Effect to An Idea By Tom Commander Was Responsible In 1975 for a New Entry In the Guinness Book Of
The longest loaf in the world: Coventry Mercia Round Table, giving effect to an idea by Tom Commander, was responsible in 1975 for a new entry in the Guinness Book of Records, and for the raising of about £4,000 for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Second Coxswain Keith Bower Torbay: 'When We Got Down Off the Shore a Little Bit We "Tacked" Putting the Wind First on One Bow and Then on the Other'
Second Coxswain Keith Bower, Torbay: 'When we got down off the shore a little bit we "tacked", putting the wind first on one bow and then on the other'.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Later the Queen and the Duke Moved Among Their Guests on the Palace Lawns: Never Before Have So Many Lifeboat Supporters Been Found at One Place at One Time
Later the Queen and the Duke moved among their guests on the palace lawns: never before have so many lifeboat supporters been found at one place at one time.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Miss Clare Francis Mbe Guest Speaker at the Presentation of Awards Meeting Ended Her Speech By Making a Surprise Presentation of Her Own on Behalf of the Who
Miss Clare Francis, MBE, guest speaker at the presentation of awards meeting, ended her speech by making a surprise presentation of her own. On behalf of the whole crew of ADC Accutrac, the yacht which she skippered in the Whitbread... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Boat Station at Lytham - St. Anne's Began Life As a Mussel Purification Station
The life-boat station at Lytham - St Anne's began life as a mussel purification station. It is said that the idea for adapting the premises came from Mechanic George Harrison. Next door is the local yacht club whose members are dedicated... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Faith, Glynn, Seaview, Queen of The West, Maria Reid,Edith Ma
During a moderate easterly gale on the 31st October, several vessels which were at anchor off Rosslare Harbour got into a dangerous position owing to their anchors not holding. Seeing they were in danger, Coxswain Hayes launched the...