LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MCH. 11TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.

During the afternoon a strong N.W. gale sprang up, with a heavy sea. Anxiety was felt for the local fishing smacks Useful and Mannin, which were at sea, and the motor life-boat Manchester...

THE following interesting communication has been transmitted to the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, and is a gratifying evidence of the social kindness of heart that is so frequently found among our British workmen: — " Orwell Works,...

THE Institution has lost an old and valued friend by the death at the begin- ning of January of Dr. W. B. Addison, M.D., the chairman of the Scilly Islands branch.

For fourteen years, from 1918 to 1932, he was the honorary...

THE Whitstable IRB performed an unusual service on 29th December, 1966 - in fact, no other IRB to date has had a similar service.

The Whitstable report stated: 'A passing taxi driver reported to Whitstable police that a...

In 1966 the value of the inshore rescue boat as a means of saving life at sea has been proved beyond all possible doubt. It was only in 1963 that these boats were first used operationally, largely as an experiment. So successful have they...

SILVER MEDAL SERVICES AT BLACKPOOL AND LYTHAM - ST. ANNES Nov. 26TH. - BLACKPOOL, AND LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE; NEW BRIGHTON, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE ; RHYL, FLINTSHIRE. At noon on November 24th the pilot boat Charles Livingstone,...

MOELFRE, JUNE 17 and BROUGHTY FERRY, JULY 17 BRILLIANT SUNSHINE and a fresh northerly wind building up white horses out at sea gave a sparkling day for the handing over ceremony and dedication of Moelfre's new 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat,...

Model lifeboats and their builders raise large sums of money for the RNLI each year, and to further the cause an anonymous donor has provided a perpetual trophy in the name of the RNLI which will be awarded to the best model entered for the... - View image in PDF