LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Margaret Mitchell Wife of a Fleet Branch Committee Member Leaves Raising Money to Her Cat Perdita Instead of Selling Perdita's Kittens Mrs Mitchell Asks New Owner
Margaret Mitchell, wife of a Fleet branch committee member, leaves raising money to her cat, Perdita. Instead of selling Perdita's kittens, Mrs Mitchell asks new owners to make a donation to the RNLI.
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Category: Photographs
Joe Martin Bem,
APRIL 1994 Joe Martin BEM, coxswain/mechanic of Hastings lifeboat from 1971 to 1987. He first joined the crew in 1950, was mechanic from 1959 to 1969 and a travelling mechanic from 1969 until his appointment as coxswain..
Category: Obituaries
Floralie (1)
French trawler THE FRENCH TRAWLER Floralie, 30 miles off Trevose Head on a bearing of 287°, reported in the early hours of Friday October 17, 1980, that she had a serious leak and needed immediate assistance. HMS Pollington, 40 miles...
Stormy Stan Says...
Stormy Stan, the hero of 'Storm Force', the RNLI's club for the under-16s, appears regularly in the club's magazine Storm Force News. Here is a taster of the tales he spins and the advice he gives to young...
Category: Articles
The Relief Boat Fair Isle
Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 15th of March, 1960, a message was received from Tory Island lighthouse that the relief boat Fair Isle, which had left Bunbeg at 8.30, had not arrived. The life-boat W. M. Tilson put...
Alex Thomson And Dee Caffari (pictured)
Round-the-world sailors Alex Thomson and Dee Caffari (pictured) were just two of the 700 people who signed up as RNLI members at the London Boat Show in January.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rug Making for the Institution
IN The Lifeboat for December, 1931 it was announced that the Honorary Secretary of the Branch at Cobham, Surrey, Miss Margaret Power, had very kindly offered to make woollen hearth- rugs and slip mats in aid of the Institu- tion's funds....
Category: Donations
Three Men Rescued from a Barge
AT 9.26 on the night of the 21st of October, 1955, the Southend coxswain, Sidney Page, learnt from the coast- guard that the S.S. Cardiff brook had wirelessed that she had seen a ship aground one mile north-north-west of the North-East Mouse...
Category: Services
(Right) David Jones Divisional Organiser (North West) Introduced Members of Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys Ladies' Guilds to the Duke of Kent Who Also Met the Crew A
(right) David Jones, divisional organiser (north west) introduced members of Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys ladies' guilds to the Duke of Kent, who also met the crew and their wives and branch officials. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
When the New 47Ft Tyne Class Fas! Slipway Lifeboat City of London
When the new 47ft Tyne class fas! slipway lifeboat, City of London came up the Thames for her official naming, it was also an ideal opportunity for some of the children of Thomas's School, Kensington, to hand over the money that they had... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs