LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(Above) 44' Waveney Class Lifeboat Introduced from Us Coast Guard In 1964 Is First of the Rnli's 'Fast Afloat' Lifeboats Exceptionally Manoeuvrable Her Twin General
(Above) 44' Waveney class lifeboat, introduced from US Coast Guard in 1964, is first of the RNLI's 'fast afloat' lifeboats. Exceptionally manoeuvrable, her twin General Motors Detroit marine diesel engines give a top speed of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fig 5: (Right) Each End of the Three Securing Straps Are Attached to Brackets Bolted to Cabin Sides With Stainless Steel Retaining Pins Although Brackets Make Allowance F
Fig. 5: (Right) Each end of the three securing straps are attached to brackets, bolted to cabin sides, with stainless steel retaining pins.
Although brackets make allowance for six possible positions, it is normal to use... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sallash and District Branch Man Rnlj Souvenir Stands at Various Regal Las and Fetes During the Summer and Are Here Seen at Saltash Regatta Souvenirs and Cards
Sallash and District branch man RNLJ souvenir stands at various regal las and fetes during the summer, and are here seen at Saltash Regatta. Souvenirs and cards are also sold before Christmas at a local shop. With a small committee of six,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Oliver, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., LL.D.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Oliver, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., M.V.O., LL.D., died in his loist year on i5th October, 1965. He was, in the words of The Times obituary, "one of the outstanding seamen of his time". A man of few words and...
Category: Obituaries
Chairman Praises All for Their Efforts
CAPTAIN the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., Chairman of the Committee of Management, told the annual meeting of the In- stitution at Central Hall, Westminster, on 2ist March, 1967, that, in spite of efforts all round, receipts did not meet...
Category: Meetings
(Above Left) Mrs Antonia Wallace Heaton Honorary Secretary of Kensington Branch With Some of Her Enthusiastic Royal Navy Helpers at the Ideal Home Exhibition Ol
(Above, left) Mrs Antonia Wallace Heaton, honorary secretary of Kensington branch, with some of her enthusiastic Royal Navy helpers at the Ideal Home Exhibition, Olympia, last spring. During the exhibition Navy crews collected £207.98... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
While on Service to the Coaster Heye P Wrecked at Prawle Point In Severe Gales Last December Salcombe Lifeboat Had to Cut Away Her Anchor the Anchor Was Later Recovered By Members of N
While on service to the coaster Heye P, wrecked at Prawle Point in severe gales last December, Salcombe lifeboat had to cut away her anchor. The anchor was later recovered by members of North East Essex and Ipswich branches of the British... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brothers In IRB Save Three
Two brothers who manned the Exmouth inshore rescue boat and who were washed overboard in an attempted rescue, have each been accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum. They are Mr. Peter Rowsell, the helmsman, and Mr. Brian...
Category: Services
Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
National Institution PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
ESTABLISHED IN 1824.
SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS, PATRONESS.
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE...
Category: Advertisement
Guest Speaker at the Awards Ceremony Richard Branson
Guest speaker at the Awards ceremony Richard Branson with RNLI medal winners Fergal Walsh fright) and Nick Beale. Accounts of their medal-winning rescues can be found on pages 14 and 18 of this magazine respectively.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs