LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Scarweather Lightvessel
SICK MAN FROM LIGHTVESSEL BROUGHT ASHORE The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 10th February, 1963, the honorary secretary received a telephone message from the Superintendent of Trinity House, Swansea, asking for a...
Some of the 100 Participants of Penwortham Lancashire
Some of the 100 participants of Penwortham, Lancashire, branch's sponsored swim are checked in by Mrs Openshaw and Mrs M. P.
Dewhurst, branch honorary secretary. This, like so many sponsored swims, was very successful... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., Speaking at the Mermaid Ball Dinner at the Dorchester Hotel, London, In December, When a Cheque Was Presented for Over £51,000 By the Royal Briti
The Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., speaking at the Mermaid Ball dinner at the Dorchester Hotel, London, in December, when a cheque was presented for over £51,000 by the Royal British Legion for the Solent class life-boat The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Minister for the Marine Visits Galway Lifeboat Station
Within three days of his appointment as Minister for The Marine and Natural Resources, Frank Fahey TD (Teachta Dala - Member of the Irish Dail or parliament) paid a courtesy call to Galway lifeboat station to visit the boathouse and view the... - View image in PDF
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(Lcft)Cannock Branch'Afloat Dressed for the Town's Flower Festival and Retained for Flag Day Was Decorated With Hundreds of Flowers Made By Committee Members Th
(Lcft)Cannock branch'afloat, dressed for the town's flower festival and retained for flag day, was decorated with hundreds of flowers made by committee members. The Muppets were the work of Mrs Beryl Lewis, (r. to I.) Mrs Barbara... - View image in PDF
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Mary, Duchess of Montrose
MARY, DUCHESS OF MONTROSE, who died in February, 1957, had been made an Honorary Life Governor of the Institution, the highest award conferred on an honorary worker, in 1955. She had been president of the Arran Ladies' Life-boat Guild...
Category: Obituaries
The Naval Motor Fishing Vessels 96 and 611
DECEMBER 21ST. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At 5.30 in the afternoon the coastguard reported distress signals east-south-east of Walton. The night was very dark, with rain. A strong east-south-east wind was blowing and the sea was very rough...
The Motor Fishing Boats Pilot Me and Provider
Whitby, Yorkshire.—As the tide ebbed during the afternoon of the 8th April, 1938, a rough sea began to break heavily outside the pier ends, making the harbour entrance dangerous. • A strong N.
breeze was blowing. The motor...
James Dougal Receives His Silver Medal for Gallantry from Hrh the Duke of Kent President of the Institution
James Dougal receives his Silver medal for Gallantry from HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution.. - View image in PDF
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Mrs. Margaret Armstrong, of Cresswell
ANOTHER great figure on the North- East Coast has also passed away by the death on 2nd February last of Mrs.
Margaret Armstrong, of Cresswell. She was perhaps the best known of that devoted body of women who, in the little...
Category: Obituaries