LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Ways of Raising Money
Collecting house flags of various shipping lines is the hobby of Mr. C. M. Pope, who lives near Sherborne in Dorset. For each flag received he sends a contribution to the R.N.L.I., this "consideration money" amounting to an average...
Category: Donations
A New Wing Has Recently Been Added to the Institution's Depot at Boreham Wood, Herts., to Provide Extra Repair and Maintenance Facilities for Among Equipment Items, IRBs of the Growing Fleet
A new wing has recently been added to the Institution's depot at Boreham Wood, Herts., to provide extra repair and maintenance facilities for, among equipment items, IRBs of the growing fleet. This night scene shows IRBs in store and one... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services
South West Division French yachtsmen saved SECOND COXSWAIN Peter Bisson was in command when St Peter Port's 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Sir William Arnold, slipped her moorings at 0950 on the morning of Sunday August 11, 1985. A report had...
Category: Services
The Mumbles Lifeboat Station
The skipper and one of the crew of the yacht Duet, competing in this year's Three Peaks Yacht Race, presented £J,255 raised in sponsorship to The Mumbles lifeboat station. (I to r) Second Coxswain Alan Jones, Coxswain Derek Scott,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The New Beach (Aldeburgh) Type of Motor Life-Boat
The New Beach (Aldeburgh) Type of Motor Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duchess of Kent Names the Padstow Life-Boat
THE DUCHESS OF KENT NAMES THE PADSTOW LIFE-BOAT On the left, Commander T. G. Michelmore, T.D., R.N.R., chief inspector of life-boats; behind the Duchess, Colonel A. D. Burnett Brown, M.C., T.D., M.A., Secretary of the Institution (See page... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Hamilton
On the 27th Feb- ruary the s.s. Hamilton, of Stranraer, bound light from Port William to Maryport, was overtaken by bad weather, and dropped anchor in Port Yerrick bay. A whole southerly gale was blowing, with rain and snow, and a very heavy...
The Minesweeper Erimo
FEBRUARY 22ND. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 11.18 A.M. information was received from the coastguard that the minesweeper Erimo had struck a mine about one and a half miles off the Mumbles, and was flying distress signals. A fresh S.E....
County of Anglesea
The ketch County of Anglesea, of Carnarvon, whilst bound from that port to Rhosneigir with a cargo of bricks, was seen at 8.50 P.M., on the 15th March, drifting down towards the cliffs of Trecastell.
The weather was not...
Lindy, of Kopervik, Norway
OCTOBER 5TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.
At 3.55 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a vessel on the rocks half a mile east of the harbour. The weather was fine with a smooth sea, but there was...