LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Naming Ceremonies: Lerwick and Dungeness
HRH THE DUKE OF KENT, president of the Institution, visited Shetland for the first time on Tuesday September 12, 1978, when he named Lerwick's new 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Soldian. A guard was provided by A (Lovat Scouts) Company 2/51...
Category: Inaugurations
A Lifeboat Float Built By Whitstable Crew Took Part In Five Local Carnivals Last Summer and Won Several Prizes It Is Seen Here at Herne Bay Carnival
A lifeboat float built by Whitstable crew took part in five local carnivals last summer and won several prizes. It is seen here at Herne Bay carnival.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Saga
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Category: Articles
Gamecock
Barrow, Lancashire - At 3 p.m. on 30th July, 1967, it was learnt that the converted life-boat Gamecock was overdue.
The life-boat Herbert Leigh was launched at 3.25 in a fresh south westerly breeze and a choppy sea. The...
Mr. R. B. Scott, Motor Mechanic at New Brighton
Mr. R. B. Scott, Motor Mechanic at New Brighton.
BY the death, on 23rd July at the age of sixty-two, of Mr. Kalph Brown Scott, Chief Motor Mechanic of the Life-boat at New Brighton on the Mersey, a Lifeboatman with a very...
Category: Obituaries
Fishing Cobles
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.—Thirty two fishing-cobles proceeded to their fishing ground about 18 or 20 miles distant at 3.30 on the morning of the 14th. January. A strong wind sprung up from the S.E. at about 7 o'clock, and by 9...
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JANUARY 26TH. -NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.
An explosion had been heard but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £14 4s..
Inflatables Were First Introduced Into Service In 1962 and the Current Development Is the Atlantic 21 Rigid Bottomed Inshore Rescue Boat Here Shown at Speed
Inflatables were first introduced into service in 1962, and the current development is the Atlantic 21 rigid bottomed inshore rescue boat, here shown at speed. - View image in PDF
by courtesy of David Parker. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Get Away With the Lifeboat Lottery
By now those of you who receive lottery tickets will know that the top prize is a stunning Peugeot 206.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Naming Ceremonies
TENBY H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent. Presi- dent of the Institution, named the new Tenby life-boat Henri) Comber Brown at Tenby on the 2nd of June, 1956, and later went afloat in the life-boat. The life-boat has been built out of legacies from...
Category: Inaugurations