LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The half-pence scheme My grandad and nan have been saving half-pennies for the lifeboat service for 28 years. Of course they receive a receipt for what they hand in but my brother Paul and I feel sure they would love to see a few words of...

For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.

(Incorporated T y Royal Charter.1 FOUNDED in 1824. — SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.

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Gala brings history alive Two stars of the popular television series Heartbeat, helped draw the crowds at Whitby's lifeboat gala, over the weekend of the 29 and 30 July, when they performed a champagne launch on the town's restored...

AT half past nine on the evening of Saturday the 18th May, 1963, the Wells coastguard told the honorary secretary, Dr. E. W. Hicks, that a cabin cruiser was aground at the entrance to Blake- ney harbour.

The life-boat Cecil...

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.

Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions.

PATRONESS—HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

FOR PERSONAL SERVICE Contact the Company with nearly forty years'_ experience in the manufacture of CLUB & COMPANY TIES Quantities from one dozen with printed motif, five dozen with woven motif, striped ties from three dozen. All...

JANUARY DURING JANUARY life-boats were launched on service 53 times and rescued 15 lives.

t [BOAT FOUND AFTER MESSAGE FROM HELICOPTER Humber, Yorkshire. At 7.25 on the morning of 1st of January, 1959, the coastguard at...

The Hatch boat (18-01), which was illustrated in The Life-boat for March, 1967, has been modified and is now self-righting. She can be used as a boarding boat to take life-boat crews from the shore to life-boats which remain afloat, and she... - View image in PDF