LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mrs Ann Ritchie In Company With Major-General Ralph Farrant Comes Aboard Arun Class Lifeboat 54-06 the Gough Ritchie for Which She Is Providing the Funds to Be Wel
Mrs Ann Ritchie, in company with Major-General Ralph Farrant, comes aboard Arun class lifeboat 54-06, The Gough Ritchie, for which she is providing the funds, to be welcomed by the builder, William Osborne (r). The Gough Ritchie, which will... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Critical choice
With his dive buddy unconscious on the seabed, Luke Corkill faced a split-second decision: should he risk the bends by bringing her up fast, or face handing a body over to RNLI crews?
Dive...
Category: Articles
Offshore Lifeboat Services March April and May 1979
Aldeburgh, Suffolk March 27 and May 26 Amble, Northumberland March 29 Angle, Dyfed April 30 and May 15 Arranmore, Co. Donegal March 9, Hand 18 Barmouth, Gwynedd May 19 Barra Island, Inverness-shire March 24 Barry Dock, South Glamorgan April...
Category: Services
The Late Edward Spender, Esq.
THE LATE EDWARD SPENDER, ESQ.
BY the lamented death of this gentleman, the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has lost one of its ablest and most steadfast advocates in the press. On Friday, the 7th June last, Mr. Spender...
Category: Obituaries
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FOOD TO MAROONED SHEPHERDS Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—At 12.30 in the afternoon of the 28th of April, 1947, word was received from the relatives of two shepherds, marooned on Mingalay Island by the bad weather, that the men's food...
Peter Williams a Slitting Mill Primary School Boy Who at the Age of 6 Was Successful In the 'Blue Peter' Life-Boat Poster Competition (The Life-Boat December 1969) Pict
Peter Williams, a Slitting Mill primary school boy, who at the age of 6 was successful in the 'Blue Peter' life-boat poster competition (THE LIFE-BOAT, December, 1969), pictured with his mother, Mrs. Heather Williams (left), when... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brownies of the 4Th Bishopbriggs Pack Glasgow Seen With Guider Mrs Sheena Smith Give the Income of Their Monthly Tuck Shop to the Lifeboat Service Gradually Th
Brownies of the 4th Bishopbriggs Pack, Glasgow, seen with Guider.
Mrs Sheena Smith, give the income of their monthly tuck shop to the lifeboat service. Gradually their contribution has increased: 1973, £3.40: 1974.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Help the Helpless!
MIGHTY waves! see how they're raging! How the heavens are rent in twain! Hear the shrieks from yonder vessel! Think you, are the cries in vain ? Launch the Lite-boat! Launch the Life-boat! Echo cries, There's none at hand ! Naught to...
Category: Poetry
Index to Advertisers
Birds Eye Foods Boat World (Publications) Brooke Marine Ltd L. J. Bushnell & Partners Champion (Plugs) Cleghorn Waring & Co. (Pumps) Ltd Coastal Radio Ltd Cogswell & Harrison Ltd Evett Sailwear Ltd Fairey Marine Group Fleetworks...
Category: Index
Only Fools and Horses? By Ray Kipling
Ray Kipling, the RNLi's public relations officer, takes a closer look at the rescue statistics over the last 20 years.
WHAT HAVE a man on a bicycle, a man in a barrel, a pheasant, a butterfly and a • horse got in common...
Category: Articles