LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Last of the Sailing Life-Boats
As the last of the sailing life-boats was replaced by a motor life-boat on the 12th of December, 1948, the term motor lifeboat will no longer be used. " Life-boat" will mean "motor life-boat." The one boat remaining which...
Category: Inaugurations
The Arrival of a New Lifeboat on Station
The Arrival Of A New Lifeboat On Station. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Iris
DURING the last days of 1917 the Clacton-on-Sea and Walton-on-Naze Life-boats performed two splendid services, well worthy of the traditions of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, and resulting in the rescue of no less than 115 lives,...
International Assistance from Westcountry Lifeboat
Penlee's relief Arun class A.J.R. and L.G. Uridge is pictured with two casualties, dealt with in a two-week period.
The lifeboat is pictured preparing to take an injured man off a120ft Spanish trawler in the sheltered... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Wick's 46Ft Watson Cabin Class Lifeboat City of Edinburgh Named In August 1939 "In Appreciation of Support from Scottish Branches"
Wick's 46Ft Watson Cabin Class Lifeboat City of Edinburgh Named In August 1939 "In Appreciation of Support From Scottish Branches". - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Scout: Hm the Queen Names the New Hartlepool 44' Waveney Lifeboat
WHFN HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH named Hartlepool's new 44' Waveney lifeboat on Thursday, July 14, it was an historic moment for both the RNLI and the Scout Association; for the RNLI it was the first time a reigning monarch had ever...
Category: Inaugurations
GIVE IT A GO: STARGAZING
When’s the last time you looked up at the night sky? RNLI fundraiser and amateur astronomer Simon Perks tells us how we can all wonder at the stars above
Simon Perks’s dad had a cool job at sea. As a boy, Simon was...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services from Page 12
from page 12 were sent to Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic Anthony G. Hawkins, Second Assistant Mechanic Roy W.
Couzens and Crew Members John J.
Smith, David Williams, Geoffrey I.
Buckland and...
Category: Services
The Naming and Dedication Ceremony of the Relief Fleet D Class Lifeboat
The naming and dedication ceremony of the relief fleet D class lifeboat. Pictured from (left to right) are: Mike Pennell, staff officer (operations); Anthony Oliver, head of fund raising; Tony Richardson, director of the CSMA; and the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats In October, November and December. 69 Lives Rescued
OCTOBER DURING October life - boats were launched on service 50 times and rescued 41 lives.
ESCORT FOR KETCH IN TOW OF TRAWLER Walmer, Kent. At 1.42 early on the morning of the 1st of October, 1958, the coastguard told the...
Category: Services