LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats (1)
Early on the 2nd December eleven fishing boats put out to fish in moderate weather. Later the wind and sea rose, and as there would be great risk to the boats as they came in, the motor life-boat Margaret Harker Smith was launched at 11.10 A...
Manx tales
The Isle of Man is an unusual location whose community is inextricably linked to the sea – and the RNLI
Set in the midst of the Irish Sea, encircled by all five nations of the UK and RoI, the Isle of Man (IoM) is actually...
Category: Articles
Ceremonies
Berwick - Mersey class Joy and Charles Beeby Berwick might be in England - just - but when the day dawned for the town's new Mersey class lifeboat to be named, on 23 March 1993, it was as braw a morning as any in Scotland. The...
Category: Inaugurations
Bookshelf
some r e c e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s r e v i e w e d WEST HIGHLAND SHORES by Maldwin Drummond Published by Nautical Books at £19.95 ISBN 07136 5860 6 Maldwin Drummond is not only a Vice President on the RNLI's Committee of...
Category: Articles
Annie
Large flares were seen in the direction of Middle Scroby Sand at 4 a.m. on the 5th December. The No. 1 Lifeboat Covent Garden was at once launched, proceeded to the sand, and found the schooner Annie, of Wick, bound from London for Peterhead...
Coxswain William G. Sanders, Who Died In 1944 at the Age of 84.
Coxswain William G. Sanders, who died in 1944 at the age of 84.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Members of Llfracombe Lifeboat In Sunny St.Malo With Their French Counterparts - Can You Spot the Difference?
Members of llfracombe lifeboat in sunny St Malo with their French counterparts - can you spot the difference?. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Royal Doulton (1)
THE LIFEBOAT MAN a New Character Study by Royal Doulton Govier's of Sidmouth are pleased to offer you this early opportunity of acquiring "The Lifeboat Man" from Royal Doulton's famous Character Study collection and at the...
Category: Advertisement
James Leath
James Leath is a pulling and sailing Norfolk and Suffolk type lifeboat. Strongly built with a heavy iron keel these were extremely stable. The high decks enclosed numerous watertight compart- Q ments to make them very buoyant although not... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 21st June, 1928.
SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.
Passed a special Vote of Thanks to H.R.H.
PRINCE GEORGE for graciously visiting the Orkney Islands in order to perform...
Category: Committee