LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
May
Launches 26 Lives rescued 25 The War ended on the last minute of the 8th of May
MAY 9TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A dinghy attached to a naval motor launch was seen by the life-boat coxswain to capsize off Fishcombe Point,...
Category: Services
Annual Report
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Mansion House on Thursday, the 23rd day of March, 1882, The Eight Hon. The LORD MAYOR of LONDON in the Chair, the following Report of the Committee was...
Category: Annual Reports
Pamela Black Presents £75 Collected By 12 Children to Captain I C Bayliss Methil Harbour Master and Chairman of Buckhaven and Methil Branch the Other Helpers
Pamela Black presents £75 collected by 12 children to Captain I. C.
Bayliss, Methil harbour master and chairman of Buckhaven and Methil branch. The other helpers were Susan McGarrity, Ann Williamson, Fiona Thomson,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In May, 1970, When Mr. J. P. Morris, of Coventry, Who Is a Keen Member of the Life-Boat Enthusiasts' Society,
In May, 1970, when Mr. J. P. Morris, of Coventry, who is a keen member of the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society, was visiting Minehead, Somerset, he found IRB No. 177 being launched on exercise. This IRB is fitted with inner tubes. Older... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
1977: Some of the Present Ilb Crew and Branch Members With Their Training Board: (I to R) Jim Graham Dla Senior Helmsman Colin Akitt Crew Members Derek Wi
1977: Some of the present ILB crew and branch members with their training board: (I. to r.) Jim Graham, DLA, Senior Helmsman Colin Akitt, Crew Members Derek Wilson, Robert Bell, Dick Jordan and George Ritchie, and George Egdell, honorary... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
After the Opening of Troon Marina Last Autumn Troon's 44Ft Waveney Lifeboat Connel Elizabeth Cargill Took Part In a Combined Exercise With a Sea King Helicopter Fro
After the opening of Troon Marina last autumn, Troon's 44ft Waveney lifeboat Connel Elizabeth Cargill took part in a combined exercise with a Sea King helicopter from 819 Squadron, HMS Gannet. photograph by courtesy of HMS... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bridlington Lifeboat the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King Launches to Escort Fishing Cobles and Motor Fishing Vessels Back to Harbour Through Strong Gale Force Win
Bridlington lifeboat, the 37' Oakley William Henry and Mary King, launches to escort fishing cobles and motor fishing vessels back to harbour through strong gale force winds: January 28, 1975.
photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brian King, a member of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society, with three non-working models he has made, two for the RNLI and one for himself, of Margate's new 37ft 6in Rather lifeboat Silver Jubilee (Civil Service No. 38). Built mainly of GRP, they took
Brian King, a member of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society, with three non-working models he has made, two for the RNLI and one for himself, of Margate's new 37ft 6in Rather lifeboat Silver Jubilee (Civil Service No. 38). Built mainly of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
When Stanley Brett District Engineer (North West) Retired After 38 Years Service Motor Mechanics from Lifeboat Stations In All Parts of the North West of England and W
When Stanley Brett, district engineer (north west), retired after 38 years service, motor mechanics from lifeboat stations in all parts of the north west of England and Wales gathered at the Grange Hotel, Rhyl, to wish him well. Mr Brett,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Notes and News
ELSEWHERE in this issue will be found full accounts of services performed by the Life-boats at Lowestoft, Gorles- ton, Spurn and Stromness, for each of which the Committee have made special awards of the Institution's medals for...
Category: Articles