LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Centre: the New Crew Building at Longhope.
Centre: The new crew building at Longhope.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Mine-sweeping Trawler Nodzu
OCTOBER 6TH. - CULLERCOATS , NORTHUMBERLAND. At about 11.26 A.M. the life-boat coxswain received a telephone message from the Blyth coastguard that a vessel was ashore about one mile south of St. Mary’s Island, and at 11.35 A.M. the motor...
The Ijmuiden Lifeboat Christ/En Was Visiting Lowestoft on 17 October
Wells' Mersey class lifeboat Don's M. Mann of Ampthill stands off outside the surf line waiting to connect a tow with the yacht Aubie.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Flower of Portsoy
Shortly after 7 P.M. on the 31st August a telephone message was received, stating that the schooner Flower of Portsoy, of Plymouth, was aground on the Platter Rocks, in Holyhead Bay.
The Cemlyn Life-boat, Anne Collin, was...
Captain 'Wally' Patch Master of the North Sea Ferries Mv Norwave Receives from Lt Alan Tate Divisional Inspector (North East) a Framed Letter of Thanks Signed By the Chairman of the Rnli
Captain 'Wally' Patch, master of the North Sea Ferries MV Norwave, receives from Lt Alan Tate, divisional inspector (North East), a framed letter of thanks signed by the Chairman of the RNLI. The presentation was made in recognition... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
From the Time That Lady Sold Her Flag Or Arranged Her Coffee Morning to Raise Funds— That Was When This Rescue Started ': Coxswain Derek Scott of the Mumbles M
'From the time that lady sold her flag or arranged her coffee morning to raise funds— that was when this rescue started . . .': Coxswain Derek Scott of The Mumbles moved the resolution of appreciation to lifeboat crews and voluntary... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.R.H. Princess Marina— the Institution's President
IN the last issue of THE LIFE-BOAT, it was reported that Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, had now completed 25 years as President of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. The Princess succeeded the late Duke of Kent, who had been the...
Category: Articles
Captain W. R. Graham, of Cemaes, Anglesey
Captain W. R. Graham, of Cemaes, who died last February, had been Honorary Secretary of the Cemaes Bay District since 1921. Before that he had been the Honorary Treasurer for many years. He was an enthusiastic worker, organizing several...
Category: Obituaries
French and Belgian Life-Boats In the British Fleet.
A French life-boat, which escaped from France at the end of June 1940 and arrived at an English port, with her coxswain, motor mechanic and French refugees on board, has been taken over by the Institution for the war.
She...
Category: Articles
Border Chieftain, of Hartlepool
— On the 19th March, as the brig Border Chieftain, of Hartlepool, was coming into the Tyne under charge of a pilot, a sea struck her steering wheel, injuring the man at the helm, and she was driven on the Stones south of the North Pier,...