LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The War Department Landing Craft L.405
Stromness, Orkneys.—At seven o'clock on the evening of the 9th of December, 1955, the Kirkwall coastguard rang up to say that a landing barge had run ashore at Ness Beacon. At 7.18 the life-boat Archibald and Alexander...
"The Life-Boats Must Not Go Short." A Subscription Multiplied a Hundred Times
DURING the financial crisis of this autumn, both before and since the General Election, the Institution has received many letters from subscribers which can best be summarized in the words of one subscriber, who, in sending her usual two...
Category: Correspondence
Lifeboats and Lifeguards In Action
Turn to the centre Listings of the Lifeboat magazine and you may be amazed at how often lifeboats launch. Only a tiny proportion of these ever feature in the Lifeboat. Here's a snapshot of the wide range of other lifeboat services...
Category: Services
Hm Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother presents the certificate of honorary life governorship to Carl Giles at the presentation of awards meeting on May 15.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mail, of Alloa
On the 14th De- cember, during a gale from the S.W., a vessel was seen in distress off Looe Island.
The life-boat Oxfordshire stationed there j was quickly launched through a heavy surf | to her assistance, and...
Minerva, of Workington
On the 7th February, the brig Minerva, of Workington, coal laden, ran ashore in a strong E.S.E. wind, on the South Bull Sand, at the mouth of the River Boyne.
The Drogheda life-boat proceeded to her assistance, and taking...
Philip Denham Helmsman of One of Blackpool's Two D Class Lifeboats
Philip Denham, helmsman of one of Blackpool's two D class lifeboats, joined the crew in 1977.
He was awarded a bronze medal in 1988 for gallantry in recognition of the courage, skill and determination he displayed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Amor, of Elsfletch
The Bradford life-boat also rescued the crew of 8 men of the brigantine Amor, of Elsfleth, which had stranded on the north- west spit of the Goodwin Sands .....
Portrait of a Coxswain
COXSWAIN LIONEL DEREK SCOTT has been coxswain of The Mumbles life-boat since May 1955, when he became one of the youngest coxswains in the service of the RNLI. He had joined the crew in 1947. H; received the Institution's silver medal in...
Category: Articles
47-001 City of London (Above)
Two views illustrating the change in sheer between the two prototypes and the later production boats.
47-001 City of London (above) has the small 'kick1 in the sheer to accomodate the steeper deck camber and false side... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs