LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Drilling Rig
ROUGH SEA FACED IRB SAVE A drilling rig with men aboard off Hunterston was reported in trouble on 10th March. As assistance was required, the honorary secretary instructed the IRB at Largs, Ayrshire, to launch.
She launched...
A Dinghy
Man rescued by yacht's dinghy The rescue of a non-swimmer from the River Axe at Westonsuper- Mare has earned yachtsman Mr John Dark a Letter of Thanks from the RNLI's Director, who praised him on 'a highly commendable rescue'...
Scylla
Aldeburgh, Suffolk. At 8.23 on the morning of the 26th of July, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the yacht Scylla had been in collision with a French trawler. The yacht was moored alongside the Ship- wash...
Close to home
Last Summer, RNLI lifeguards and lifeboat crews saved the lives of 82 children and teenagers – but they can’t prevent every drowning, as mum-of-two Bethany Hope reports
Tragedy hit the...
Category: Articles
A Gala Performance. H.R.H. The Prince of Wales Present
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales Present.
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., President of the Institution, was present at the Plaza Theatre, on 29th November, at a gala performance, in aid of the life- boat service, at which the...
Category: Articles
Veteran Life-Boatmen's Dinner
ONE of the most unusual reunions in the history of the Isle of Wight life-boat service took place in October when the directors of the Isle of Wight County Press entertained nineteen veterans of the old pulling and sailing life-boats to a...
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Advertorial
ADvertoriAL Princess Diaries Ken Johnson from Essex won a cruise, sponsored by RNLI corporate partner Travelscope, after recommending a friend to receive the RNLI gift catalogue. He and his partner Vivienne boarded the Princess Danae for 7...
Category: Advertisement
The New Eddystone Lighthouse
ON the 21st June last the Corporation of the Trinity House had arranged that the Foundation Stone of the new Eddystone Lighthouse should be laid—H.E.H. the PRINCE OF WALES having promised to perform the ceremony. Admiral H.R.H. the DUKE OF...
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Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31st December, 1965
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUN' PAYMENTS.
LIFE-BOATS:— New life-boats for the following stations: On account— Anstruther, Cromer, Ilfracombe, Kirkcudbright, Newbiggin, St. Abbs, Wells, materials for future building and...
Category: Accounts
The Storeyard's Children's Party
THE Eighth Christmas Party, given to poor children by the staff of the Institu- tion's Storeyard at Broomfield Street, Poplar, with the help of the staff at Headquarters, took place on 19th December at the Bromley Public...
Category: Articles