LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Norwegian Minesweeper No. 382 (1)
MAY 7TH. - TORBAY, AND SALCOMBE, DEVON. The Norwegian minesweeper No.
382 had been reported blown up by a mine fifteen miles off Berry Head, but no survivors were found. The Salcombe life-boat put out at midnight on the 7th...
A Brave Swimmer. Award of Bronze Medal
Ix the early afternoon of 27th August last a small steamer. Kendy, of Cardiff, got into difficulties off Porthcawl in Glamorganshire, and foundered. The Crew took to the boat, but it capsized, and, with the men clinging to it, drifted...
Category: Medals
Boy Alan
Seaham, Durham - At 7.33 p.m. on 22nd December, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that flares had been sighted south of Seaham. The life-boat Amelia, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 7.38 in a strong south...
Zetland, the Oldest Survmg Lifeboat
Zetland, the oldest survmg lifeboat is of the Greathead type and was built in 1800. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Wilh. Colding (1)
INJURED MAN BROUGHT ASHORE Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—Just before noon on the 23rd of August, 1947, the coastguard reported a message from the S.S. Wilh. Colding, of Copenhagen, which three days previously had been in collision and had been...
Mr. S. Macdonald, F.R.I.N.A., M.I.E.S.S., S.N.A.M.E., Has Been Appointed Chief Staff Officer (Technical) of the R.N.L.I. Mr. Macdonald Is Married and Is Aged 50. He Was Educated at Greenock A
Mr. S. Macdonald, F.R.I.N.A., M.I.E.S.S., S.N.A.M.E., Has Been Appointed Chief Staff Officer (Technical) of the R.N.L.I. Mr. Macdonald Is Married and Is Aged 50. He Was Educated at Greenock A. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr J P W Mallalieu MP Junior Minister Board of Trade Visited the Walton Life-Boat Station and the Harwich Life-Boat on 22Nd February 1968
Mr. J. P. W. Mallalieu, M.P., Junior Minister, Board of Trade, visited the Walton life-boat station and the Harwich life-boat on 22nd February, 1968. Here he is talking to Coxswain-Mechanic P. Burwood of the 44-foot steel life-boat Margaret... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Henry Vernon
Served at Tynemouth and then at Sunderland from 1911 to 1935. Launched on service 55 times. Rescued 272 lives Two gold and six silver medals awarded to members of her crews for gallantry. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboats from Many Member Countries of the International Lifeboat Federation Alongside During the 1991 Conference In Oslo.
Lifeboats from many member countries of the International Lifeboat Federation alongside during the 1991 conference in Oslo. The RNLI's Mersey class is clearly visible, as are several Colin Archer-type sailing lifeboats long since retired... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Late Captain the Hon V M Wyndham- Quin Rn
The late Captain the Hon V. M. Wyndham- Quin, RN, chairman of the Institution from 1956 to. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs