LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(Right) the Lord Mayor of London Has Been An Exofficio Member of the Institution's Committee of Management Since 1918 When the Present Lord Mayor Sir Robin Ci
(right) The Lord Mayor of London has been an exofficio member of the Institution's Committee of Management since 1918.
When the present Lord Mayor, Sir Robin Cillett (I.), himself a seaman and a strong supporter of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dungeness: (Right) the Women Launchers on the Job and (Below) Mrs Joan Bates (I) and Mrs Doris Tart at the Royal Festival Hall After Receiving Gold Badges Awarde
Dungeness: (right) The women launchers on the job, and (below) Mrs Joan Bates. (I.) and Mrs Doris Tart at the Royal Festival Hall after receiving gold badges awarded to them for their many years service as... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Three Fishing Cobles (1)
A sudden gale from the S. sprung up at this place on the 30th December, and during its height three fishing cobles were observed in distress. The life-boat Joseph Anstice went out, and having got the boats in as safe a position as possible,...
Annual Meeting
THE ninety-fourth Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION was held at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on Friday, 26th April, 1918, at 3 P.M. The Right Hon.
H. H. Asquith, KG., M.P., presided, and...
Category: Meetings
Relief Brede: Champagne Breaks Over the Bow of the 33Ft Brede Relief Lifeboat Named Rnlb Merchant Navy
Relief Brede: Champagne breaks over the bow of the 33ft Brede relief lifeboat named RNLB Merchant Navy to mark the generous support given to the lifeboat service over many years by merchant seamen. The ceremony took place in St Katharine... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Teds' Treat! the Teddy Bears' Picnic held at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Teds' Treat! The Teddy Bears' Picnic held at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea lifeboat station was a roaring success for bears and bear owners. Teddy biscuits with teddy juice were sold for 30p and competitions were held for the largest teddy,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., Aboard the Bembridge, Isle of Wight Life-Boat, With Coxswain Peter Smith and Mr. Arthur B. Weaver, B.E.M., Honorary Secretary, and (Below) the Duke
The Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., aboard the Bembridge, Isle of Wight life-boat, with Coxswain Peter Smith and Mr. Arthur B. Weaver, B.E.M., honorary secretary, and (below) the Duke of Kent with the Bembridge crew of the 48-foot 6... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cedar Idris & The Dumb Barge Stanley Margetts & Barge Lady Mary
Just after one in the morning of 6th Janu- ary, the' Motor Life-boat Greater London was launched in answer to flares. A moderate S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. She found the motor barge Coder Idris, of Rochester, with the...
Our Confidence and other Fishing Boats
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—About 12.45 in the afternoon of the 17th of Nov- ember, 1949, information was received that three local fishing vessels were at sea and that the weather was worsen- ing. The life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield,...
Electronic Eyes and Ears Reviewed by Cdr Ken Wollan
Further developments in the Communications and Navigational Aids of a Modern Lifeboat By Cdr KEN WOLLAN QBE RN Staff Officer (Communications) RNLI MY PREDECESSOR, Lieutenant Ernest Gough, wrote an excellent article which appeared in the...
Category: Articles