LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Quay Centenary
The centenary of the New Quay life-boat station was celebrated on 3rd July.
An open-air service was held on the pier with New Quay life-boat St. Albans moored below. The Right Rev. J. R. Richardss Bishop of St. David's,...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Antonio
The Life-boat John was launched at 4.40 A.M. on the 14th February, and rescued the crew of twenty-four of the s.s. Antonio, of Bilbao. The vessel had stranded on the North Rock and, when the Life- boat reached her, it was hoped that it would...
Your Letters
A letter from The Queen Mother Brian Miles. RNLI Director for the past 11 years, retired at the end of 1998.
HM The Queen Mother wrote to Brian in October to offer her best wishes and congratulations on a job well...
Category: Correspondence
She Had to Reverse Off the Beach Launchers Stood By to Re-Connect Winch Wire Should It Be Necessary
. . . she had to reverse off the beach. Launchers stood by to re-connect winch wire, should it be necessary.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bookshelf
Maritime Life and Traditions published by Le Chasse- Maree and WoodenBoat at £5.50 (quarterly) Newsagent's shelves are awash with magazines catering for almost every conceivable interest or hobby, and the maritime world has its fair...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Lesrix
JANUARY 26TH. - NEWBURGH, AND ABERDEEN, ABERDEENSHIRE. On the 25th January a very heavy storm of wind and snow broke on the coast. All roads and railways became blocked with snow, making traffic impossible, and telephone wires were broken....
The Sunderland Life-Boat Platform. By A. W. Lewis, The Consulting Engineer of the Institution
Ix common with Their Majesties the King and Queen, and other members of the Royal Family, H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught has always been a warm sympathiser with the work of the Institution, and, in the midst of many national duties, he has...
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The Marquis of Normanby Cbe Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and a Member of the Committee of Management Presented Coxswain William Sheader Scarborough
The Marquis of Normanby, CBE, Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and a member of the Committee of Management, presented Coxswain William Sheader, Scarborough, with the BEM awarded to him in the New Year Honours List at Mulgrave Castle,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
First-Aid Treatment for a Member of the Crew of the Torpedoed London Trader Picked Up By the Shoreham Lifeboat on July 26 1940
First-aid treatment for a member of the crew of the torpedoed London Trader picked up by the Shoreham lifeboat on July 26, 1940.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE Arun 54-03 rounding Portland Bill on passage to Plymouth: the third boat in her class, she is the 37th lifeboat donated by the Civil Service and Post Office Fund. Her hull is cold moulded wood, with a double bottom and wing... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs