LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Fishing Cobles Joan and Mary, and Jean and Barbara
JANUARY 27TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
A heavy west-by-north wind rose, with a rough sea, while two motor fishing cobles.
Joan and Mary and Jean and Barbara were at sea, and it was decided to send out the motor...
Super-Quality of Life-Boats. Some Examples from the Recent Gales
By Captain Howard F. I. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-boats.
IN an article with the above title which appeared in The Lifeboat for February, 1925, I pointed out the reasons why, in material and construction...
Category: Articles
The Thousandth Member to Be Signed on at the London International Boat Show Last January Was Mr M S Bravery (R) With Him (I to R) Are Two of the Volunteer Enrolling Team Harold Appleton
The thousandth member to be signed on at the London International Boat Show last January was Mr M. S.
Bravery (r.). With him (I. to r.) are two of the volunteer enrolling team, Harold Appleton and Ian Taylor, Mrs Bravery... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Crew of Arklow Lifeboat Inbhear Mor Whose Service to Mv Gansey on December 221955 Was the Longest for the Institution During the Winter Months of 1955/56: C May
Crew of Arklow lifeboat Inbhear Mor, whose service to MV Gansey on December 22,1955, was the longest for the Institution during the winter months of 1955/56: C. May, M. Fitzgerald, Bill Kenny, Motor Mechanic John Hayes, Coxswain Peter Kenny,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Marquis of Normanby Cbe Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and a Member of the Committee of Management Presented Coxswain William Sheader Scarborough
The Marquis of Normanby, CBE, Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and a member of the Committee of Management, presented Coxswain William Sheader, Scarborough, with the BEM awarded to him in the New Year Honours List at Mulgrave Castle,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
To Five Vessels In One Day. Bronze Medal to the Southend-On-Sea Coxswain
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 139 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 25 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to November 30th, 1938 - - - - 65,989 To Five Vessels in One...
Category: Services
The Naval Reserve, As It Ought to Be, and As It Is
" WHAT is the Naval Reserve?" This is a question which was very frequently asked during the early part of the month of May of the present year; and, certainly, until the daily papers undertook the task of en- lightenment, the...
Category: Articles
The Lifeboat Station at Skerries Co Dub/In Was Formally Re-Opened on Sunday May 1
The lifeboat station at Skerries, Co Dub/in, was formally re-opened on Sunday May 1 bv John Boland, Minister for the Public Service in the Republic of Ireland; Mr Boland lives in Skerries and has been closely involved in the reestablishment... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Soldian Closes In (Bottom) Her Owner a Crewman from the Towing Vessel
(Bottom) Her owner, a crewman from the towing vessel and a helicopter winchman put aboard for the attempt are snatched to safety by the lifeboat crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Across a Crowded Room: Thoughts on the Annual Presentation of Awards for Gallantry By Alan Neal
THOUGHTS ON THE ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY by Alan Neal Deputy Secretary (Operations Division) 'AH! THERE'S THE RNLI,' exclaimed the coxswain of an East Anglian lifeboat who had travelled to London to receive a...
Category: Awards