LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Keel Boat Mary Joy
DECEMBER 11TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The local fishing boats were out, a strong south-south-east wind was blowing, raising a heavy, broken sea, and the life-boat crew were standing by. At 3.23 in the afternoon the Burniston coastguard...
From the Princess Elizabeth
IN 1947 the Princess Elizabeth sent the Institution £180, the balance of her wedding present from Kimberley.
At the beginning of 1948 her wedding dress was displayed in Edinburgh.
The Lord Provost...
Category: Donations
The S.S. Mitcham
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8.43 on the evening of the 4th of March, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Mitcham, of London, which was at anchor half a mile south-east of Chap- man Light, had reported that her skipper was ill...
Into the Next Trough She Is Almost Vertical (Top Inset).
The sea is so sleep that the bow continues to rise and as she begins to fall back into the next trough she is almost vertical (top inset).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1895
THE RIGHT HON. LORD TWEEDMOUTH, LORD PRIVY SEAL AND CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER, IN THE CHAIR.
Moved by The Eight Hon. Lord TWEEDMOUTH.
Seconded by Sir EDWARD BIRK- BBCK, Bart., V.P., Chairman...
Category: Meetings
Mary Ann
During a moderate W.N.W. gale and rough sea j on the 8th April the sprit sail barge I Mary Ann, of Rochester, stranded on the North East Buxey Sands, and the Motor Life-boat Albert Edward was dispatched to the assistance of those on...
The Naval Club
YOUR CLUB IN MAY FAIR if you join THE NAVAL CLUB Founded by RNVR Officers at the end of the last war. The Naval Club in Mayfair welcomes Members of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.
•fr Accommodation for 30 from...
Category: Advertisement
Portrush: Pulling and Sailing to Fast Afloat Arun By Joan Davies
AT NOON on Sunday March 1, 1981, a new Arun class lifeboat was placed on service at Portrush lifeboat station, and yet another page was turned in a story of lifesaving on the north coast of Ireland which began in 1860. That was the year in...
Category: Articles
Westcliffe Gallery
Am I Too Late No, you can still commission A Portrait In Oil or select one of the Old Marine Masters The RNLI / Westcliff Gallery offer goes on until 1st April 1989. See the centre spread of October issue or phone or sendaSAEforfullbrochure....
Category: Advertisement
The S.S. Wimbledon.
On the 31st of October, 1956, the Sheringham, Norfolk, life-boat rescued eighteen survivors from the S.S. Wimbledon. For this service the silver medal for gallantry was awarded to Coxswain H. E. West and the bronze medal to Motor Mechanic E....