LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Eight Men and a Dog Rescued from the Rocks
AT 11.30 on the morning of the 16th January, 1962, the honorary secretary of the Galway Bay life-boat station, Father Joseph McNamara, was told by the Galway harbour master that the coaster June of Rotterdam was aground on the reefs off...
Category: Services
Other Celebrations In Greater London
Ashford held a Concert.
Barnes held a series of Dances, which were a great success. East Sheen held a Dance, and a Dance was organized at Erith by the local sea scouts.
Greenwich held a Whist Drive and...
Category: Articles
Prince of Wales Day for the Life-Boats
H.R.H. THE PRINCE or WALES, K.G., as President of the Institution, has been pleased to say that, in celebration of the King's Silver Jubilee, all life- boat days this year shall be known as "Prince of Wales Day." It will be...
Category: Articles
One Act Plays
Two new one act plays on the subject of the Life-boat Service have recently been written. Both are available to branches for local performances, and in each case the author is willing to forgo any royalties when branches produce the play in...
Category: Articles
Salvage for Rescuing the Crews of Wrecked Ships
REPRESENTATIONS having been made to the Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION regarding the crews of its life-boats making claims on owners for rescuing the crews of their wrecked vessels in cases where property of trifling...
Category: Committee
The Necessity of a Standard for Ships' Life-Boats
' For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle ?" IN the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, which, conjointly with the Passengers' Act of 1852, now constitutes the whole law as re- gards all...
Category: Articles
Five War-Time Veteran and Four Serving Lifeboatmen Pictured In Hyde Park During the 50th Anniversary Commemoration on 6 May 1995
Five war-time veteran and four serving lifeboatmen pictured in Hyde Park during the 50th anniversary commemoration on 6 May 1995. Back row: (left to right) Billy Burrell, Maurice Smith, John Miller, Mark Ford, Tony Bebbington and Albert... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Atlantis Adventure Makes Fast In the Safety of Baltimore Harbour After Being Given Assistance By the Town's Relief Tyne Class Lifeboat. the 60Ft Sailing Vessel Had
Atlantis Adventure makes fast in the safety of Baltimore Harbour after being given assistance by the town's relief Tyne class lifeboat. The 60ft sailing vessel had run into difficulties south of Fastnet Rock in a rough sea with a swell... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Suggestion. To Those In Charge of the Young
CHARACTER never alters, but it may be influenced, instructed and guided, and never so well as in the days of child- hood and early youth. Whilst it is of the utmost importance that the young should be encouraged to be industrious, thrifty...
Category: Articles
Feature: Train One, Save Many
'We have a call out about every eight or nine days and we've been out in some terrible conditions. The worst I can remember was when we were called to a ship that had tipped over because the cargo it was carrying had shifted in the...
Category: Articles