LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To EDWAKD WIOKHAM, on his retirement, after serving 27 years as Coxswain and previously 13 years as Second Coxswain of the Wexford Life-boat, a Certificate of Service, a Pension, and a Special Gratuity.
To STEPHEN CLAYSON,...
Category: Awards
The 50Ft Thames Lifeboat Like May's Helmut Schroder of Dunlossit
The 50ft Thames lifeboat, like May's Helmut Schroder of Dunlossit, is designed with a substantial watertight deckhouse to give her a righting capability. On her righting trials, once the strop is released she comes upright, shaking off... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New Year Message from the Chairman Commander F R H Swann OBE RNVR
• Over the past year I have been greatly impressed by the high morale of the crews and the voluntary workers whom I have had the pleasure of meeting. I am sure that this same spirit of dedication and confidence in the R.N.L.I.'s future... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brighton's Atlantic 21 on Exercise Near Palace Pier
Brighton's Atlantic 21 On Exercise Near Palace Pier. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Cry from the Heart
THE Organising Secretary for Greater London was the guest of the Stoke Newington Rotary Club, on October 3rd. The Vice-President of the Club was in the chair, as the President was that day crossing to Belgium. During the lunch the following...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Clan Malcolm
The s.s. Clan Malcolm, of Glasgow, bound from London to the Clyde, ran ashore near the Lizard in a dense fog on the 26th September. She was carrying a crew of seventy-five. A moderate to fresh S.S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea....
A Body-Board
Off-duty lifeguard saves body-boarder When a man was caught by a rip current and swept towards some rocks at Newquay, Rod MacDonald, an off-duty Beach Rescue lifeguard, acted instinctively and bravely to save the man's lifeOff-duty Beach...
Run to our rescue!
Entering a race or fun run in aid of the RNLI will help our lifesavers go to the rescue and boost your health. But if you’ve never run before or have fallen out of the habit, where do you...
Category: Articles
To the Editor
SIR,—As there have been so many changes of late years in all that is connected with sailors and ships, the loss of life at sea is a subject well worth considering during what may be termed the experimental period. The loss is not so great...
Category: Correspondence
The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society
IN a recent number of this Journal, after explaining the reasons which had led to the transfer of the Life-boat Establishments of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society to the Royal National Life-boat...
Category: Articles