LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Muddy waters
How would the occupants of a yacht survive when it sank within seconds at the mouth of the Thames? Anne Millman finds out
On the overcast but cold morning of 17 February, Thames Coastguard at Waltonon- the-Naze heard an...
Category: Articles
Clarke, Chapman & Company Limited
MARINE A U X I L I A R I E S FOR LIFE-BOAT STATIONS This illustrates one of our electrically driven winches as supplied to the Tynemouth Lifeboat Station for hauling up the life-boat.
Many other winches of similar design...
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Life-Boat Saturday Fund
THE year of grace 1902 has come and gone, but in reviewing it we have to acknowledge that it has not been an altogether exhilarating and encouraging one for charity workers generally, and that the Life-boat Saturday Fund cannot,...
Category: Articles
A Fishing Boat (1)
Fishing boat capsized A TELEPHONE CALL was received by the honorary secretary of Penarth lifeboat station at 1311 on Friday September 18, 1981, from The Mumbles Coastguard requesting the launch of the lifeboat: a message had come on VHP...
The Life-Boat Service In 1934
The Largest Number of Launches for Fourteen Years.
Nineteen-THIRTY-FOUR, like 1933, will be remembered for its long and brilliant summer. In spite of this it was a year of great life-boat activity. The number of launches...
Category: Articles
Over £241 Was Collected In a Bottle at the Jersey Tavern In Weymouth Commander Barney Morris Honorary Secretary of Weymouth Station With Mr and Mrs John W
Over £241 was collected in a bottle at the Jersey Tavern in Weymouth. Commander Barney Morris, honorary secretary of Weymouth station, with Mr and Mrs John Woodrow, smashed open the bottle just before... - View image in PDF
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Call the doctor!
The RNLI's responsibilities demand medical expertise not only in emergency care – lifeboat crew and lifeguards are often first on scene – but also for the health of our staff and volunteers...
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How "Life-Boat Flag Days" Are Arranged
ON the outbreak of War last year many Branch Committees felt that the arrangements which they had in prospect for the benefit of the Institution should be abandoned and their labours devoted to the many War Funds which immediately sprang...
Category: Articles
Charlie Blackwood
DONNANOOK, LINCOLNSHIRE.—At 4.45 A.M. on the 18th December, the Lifeboat Richard was launched, flares having been reported to have been shown by a vessel between the Sand Hale and the Rose Sand. The wind was blowing from the N.W., and the...
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution, Comes Ashore After Inspecting the New Dover Life-Boat Faithful Forester After the Naming Ceremony on 26th July, 1967
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, president of the Institution, comes ashore after inspecting the new Dover life-boat Faithful Forester after the naming ceremony on 26th July, 1967.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs