LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Essay Competition, 1929. Presentation of Prizes In the London District
AT the Caxton Hall, Westminster, on the 6th February the Mayor of West- minster (Captain J. F. C. Bennett) presided at the presentation of prizes won in the Life-boat Essay Competi- tion in London (consisting of schools in the London County...
Category: Articles
The Successful Rnli Fun Day and Regatta Held In Chichester Harbour
The successful RNLI Fun Day and Regatta held in Chichester Harbour raised £5,000. The event was organised by Christopher Hoare of Chichester branch and other branches involved were Selsey, Manhood, Hayling Island and Emsworth.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Our President's New Office. Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets
By George F. Shee, M.A., ALL who are connected in any way with the Life-boat Service will have read with special pleasure the announcement which was made on 14th February, that the King had decided to make a personal link between the...
Category: Articles
September
Launches 75 Lives rescued 31
SEPTEMBER 1ST. - HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. At 4.45 in the afternoon the sailing boat, St. Brendon, of Dungarvan, was sailing round the Black Rock in Dungarvan harbour. She had five on board....
Category: Services
Poole: Coxswain Frank Ide at the Wheel of Poole's New 33Ft Brede Inner Wheel
Poole: Coxswain Frank Ide at the wheel of Poole's new 33ft Brede, Inner Wheel. The autumn journal reported services by Exmouth's new Brede while on trials and on passage to station. While on a familiarisation run last September, even... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duke of Atholl a Deputy Chairman of the Rnli Called at Three Lifeboat Stations Skegness Withernsea and Humber and Met Many Voluntary Fund Raisers When H
The Duke of Atholl, a Deputy Chairman of the RNLI, called at three lifeboat stations, Skegness, Withernsea and Humber, and met many voluntary fund raisers when he visited the North East in March. On his tour, starting from district HQ and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31st December, 1959
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUN1 PAYMENTS.
LIFE-BOATS:— New Life-boats for the following Stations : On account— 156,764 304 44,343 17,104 Aberdeen, Aldeburgh, Ballycotton, Dunbar, Islay, Lerwick, Newhaven, Penlee, Scarborough,...
Category: Accounts
Rugged In the Extreme Caithness Lifeboat Stations: Thurso and Wick By Joan Davies
In winter, on ten to fifteen days out of every month, winds will blow at force 7 or above around the north-eastern tip of Scotland. The waters of the Pentland and Moray Firths are some of the most notorious in the world. The mainland...
Category: Articles
What Lancashire and Yorkshire Have Done for the Life-Boat Cause
IT will be in the memory of our readers that the Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION issued a special appeal last year for funds and increased permanent support. They pointed out that, while each year the efficiency of...
Category: Articles
The "Admiral Briggs" Memorial Life-Boat Stationed at Hilbre Island, Cheshire
"AND there is no more sea." Heart of my heart 1 All is alike to thee Where thou art.
But storms down here below Are just the same, And God will let thee know That the old name Is working bravely still— Doing its...
Category: Poetry