LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
July (1)
RYE, SUSSEX. Shortly after two in the afternoon of the 5th of March, 1944, two men in the fishing boat F.E.152 were trawling in Rye Bay. They heard a burst of machine-gun fire from a Thunderbolt aeroplane, and saw the pilot bale out. The sea...
Category: Services
An Aeroplane (72)
SEPTEMBER 21ST. APPLEDORE, DEVON. An aeroplane was reported to have crashed eight miles north of Hartland Point, and at four in the afternoon the motor life-boat Violet Armstrong was launched. A squally N.W. by W. wind was blowing, with a...
Galway Life-Boat Meets Atlantic Rowers
When English Rose HI, rowed by Capt. John Ridgway (20) and Sergeant Chay Blyth (20), was sighted off the North Aran light house on 3rd September, 1966, at the end of its epic 92 day 3,000 mile voyage from Boston, Massachusetts U.S.A., the...
Category: Articles
Till Then
Redcar, Yorkshire. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 7th May, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small sailing yacht, with a crew cf two, off Marske appeared to have broken her top mast. There was a westerly gale with a...
H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, K.G., President of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
From Photograph by Messrs. Russell tc Sons, London H.R.H. The PRINCE of WALES has always taken a keen interest in the Institution and in its work. He succeeded his Royal Father the Prince Consort as Vice- Patron in February, 1863, and has...
Category: Drawings
The RNLI and me: Clodagh McKenna
WHO IS CLODAGH MCKENNA?
Born in Cork, Clodagh McKenna describes her cooking as: ‘A fresh, modern take on Irish food with a focus on seasonal and local produce.’ Seafood is at the core of her cooking, influencing everything from...
Category: Articles
Glanvill Enthoven & Co Ltd
Glanvill Enthoven INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE BROKERS In our 75th anniversary year, we send greetings to all our clients including the Royal National Life-boat Institution.
Glanvill's marine service covers both hull and...
Category: Advertisement
Henry Browne & Son Ltd.
We take pride in the fact that we supply COMPASSES AND NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT TO THE R.N.L.I.
FULL RANGE ON DISPLAY IN OUR LONDON SHOWROOM Write for illustrated catalogue of compasses HENRY BROWNE & SON...
Category: Advertisement
Ystroom
DECEMBER 23RD. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. The Dutch motor vessel Ystroom, of Amsterdam, had been attacked and sunk by the enemy, but a later message said that the crew were safe, and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £23...
Seven Ships including the Orminster and the Browning (1)
GOLD MEDAL SERVICE AT NEWCASTLE JANUARY 21ST. - NEWCASTLE, AND CLOUGHEY, CO. DOWN. At 12.45 in the morning a message came to Cloughey from the coastguard that a steamer was ashore half a mile off Ballyquinton, and at 1.40 the life-boat...