LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rescue from a Yacht. Letters of Gratitude
Letters of Gratitude.
AT 7.15 on the evening of 22nd Novem- ber, a wireless message was received at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, from the Sunk Lightship, reporting that the Lightship could see flares four to five miles to...
Category: Services
Inaugural Ceremonies of Motor Life-Boats
Southend-on-Sea, Essex and The Humber, Yorkshire.
LIEUTENANT H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE, E.G., G.C.V.O., R.N., named the Motor Life-boat which was sent last autumn to Southend-on-Sea, on 8th July last, the name given to the boat...
Category: Inaugurations
Kenneth Harcourt Williams
MAY 1991 Kenneth Harcourt Williams, a member of the Falmouth branch committee from 1951-65, chairman from 1966-1980 and vice president from 1981-1991. He was awarded the silver badge in 1976..
Category: Obituaries
Honorary Secretary Stanley Power {Right) Introduces the Dunmore East Crew to Mr Peter Barry Minister for Transport and Power In the Republic of Ireland and Mrs Barry
Honorary Secretary Stanley Power {right) introduces the Dunmore East crew to Mr Peter Barry, Minister for Transport and Power in the Republic of Ireland, and Mrs Barry, who named the lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Royal Inspection: on Board With Her Majesty (I to R) Lieut-Commander Harry Teare Divisional Inspector of Lifeboats (Ne) Hrh the Duke of Edinburgh (Hidden) Ca
A royal inspection: on board with Her Majesty (I. to r.), Lieut.-Commander Harry Teare, divisional inspector of lifeboats (NE), HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (hidden), Captain Alexander Kirk, Hartlepool honorary secretary, Commander Bruce Cairns... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Category: Advertisement
Your Letters
Lifeboats at Dunkirk With reference to the letter in the Summer issue regarding the Poole lifeboat Thomas Kirk Wright and her work during the Dunkirk evacuation in May/June 1940.
A total of 19 RNLI lifeboats took part in...
Category: Correspondence
A Stained Glass Window Dedicated to the Lifeboat Service Was Unveiled at the Church of Scotland Crown Court London on April 21: It Shows a Pulling Lifeboat
A stained glass window dedicated to the lifeboat service was unveiled at the Church of Scotland, Crown Court, London, on April 21: it shows a pulling lifeboat going to the rescue of a steam tug and records the Institution's 150th... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Annual Report
AT the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Thursday, the 19th day of March, 1857, His Grace the DUKE of NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G., F.R.S., in the Chair, The following Report of the Committee...
Category: Annual Reports
Group Captain Wedge Is Pictured Preparing to Name the Lifeboat. Looking On, from Left to Right Are: Barry Cartwright, William Wilson, Philip Gordon and Mark Poland.
Group Captain Wedge is pictured preparing to name the lifeboat. Looking on, from left to right are: Barry Cartwright, William Wilson, Philip Gordon and Mark Poland.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs