LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Six Men Were Rescued By Breeches Buoy from the Dutch Coaster
Six men were rescued by breeches buoy from the Dutch coaster Jan Brons which ran aground on Ardnamult Head in south-westerly gales on March I I , 1964. Stephen Whittle, then second coxswain, and Assistant Mechanic John Power volunteered to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cut Off By the Tide. Two Bronze Medals for Clovelly Life-Boatmen
ON the evening of the 30th of August, 1948, two young Americans were swimming and wading round Baggy Point in North Devon. One of them was the son of Mr. Negley Farson, the author, the other was a photographer on the staff of the American...
Category: Services
A "Greater London" Motor Life-Boat. Gift from the Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
THE Motor Life-boat of the Ramsgate type, which was sent to Southend-on- Sea last May, is to be a gift from the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, which has not only presented the boat, costing £8,500, but has endowed her. She is to be...
Category: Inaugurations
Barmouth: Trh the Prince and Princess of Wales With Barmouth Lifeboatmen
Barmouth: TRH The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Barmouth lifeboatmen, looking at the picture presented to the Princess after she had named the 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat Princess of Wales, photograph by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
On May 20, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the RNLI stand at the Music Hall, Aberdeen, and spoke with (I. to r.) Coxswain Albert Bird, Second Coxswain Charles Begg and Motor Mechanic Ian Jack. photograph by courtesy of Aberdeen Journals
On May 20, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the RNLI stand at the Music Hall, Aberdeen, and spoke with (I. to r.) Coxswain Albert Bird, Second Coxswain Charles Begg and Motor Mechanic Ian Jack. photograph by courtesy of Aberdeen... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Over the Weekend of May 17 and 18 185 Motor Cruisers from 16 Boat Clubs on the River Thames Assembled for Twickenham and District Branch's 21st Annual Inter-Club Regatta at the Queen's
Over the weekend of May 17 and 18, 185 motor cruisers from 16 boat clubs on the River Thames assembled for Twickenham and District branch's 21st annual inter-club regatta at The Queen's Promenade, Kingston-upon-Thames. After an... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
At a Coffee Evening Held to Mark the Retirement of Erdington
At a coffee evening held to mark the retirement of Erdington, Birmingham, branch honorary treasurer Mr H. Higton, seen here (I.) shaking hands with chairman Reginald Wood, £60 was raised; this brought the branch's takings to a very... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Present from Denmark: the Holbek Tambourkorps Band of Flutes and Drums from Denmark
Present from Denmark: The Holbek Tambourkorps Band of Flutes and Drums from Denmark paid a visit to the Anstruther lifeboat station during a tour of Fife. Before leaving they played a selection of well known airs and after taking a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr. W. Fortescue Barratt, Honorary Secretary of the Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
Mr. W. Fortescue Barratt, the Honorary Secretary of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, died suddenly on March 26th last, at the age of 73. He had spent the greater part of his life as a civil servant in the Exchequer and Audit Department of...
Category: Obituaries
Righting Trials of the First 37' Oakley Lifeboat to Be Fitted With Radar
ANOTHER MILESTONE on the path of lifeboat development was passed in May this year when Frank Pen/old Marshall, the 37' Oakley stationed at St Ives, the first of her class to be fitted with radar, successfully passed righting trials and...
Category: Articles