LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Selsey: the Lord Mayor Locum Tenens Colonel and Alderman Sir Ronald Gardner-Thorpe Attended the Re-Dedication of the 47Ft Tyne Class Lifeboat Rnlb City of London Photogr
Selsey: The Lord Mayor, Locum Tenens, Colonel and Alderman Sir Ronald Gardner-Thorpe attended the re-dedication of the 47ft Tyne class lifeboat RNLB City of London. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
From the Fighting Services.
In 1942 the Navy, Army and Air Force, with their Women's Services, contributed £19,385. All three contributions were much larger than in 1941. The Navy's was twelve times as much as in the last year of peace; the Army's...
Category: Articles
International Hull Scrubbing Team: Holidaymakers Joined With Valentia, Kerry, Crewmen to Scrub and Paint the Underside of the Hull of the Rowland Watts, the Local 52-Foot Barnett Life-Boat Which
International hull scrubbing team: holidaymakers joined with Valentia, Kerry, crewmen to scrub and paint the underside of the hull of the Rowland Watts, the local 52-foot Barnett life-boat which was built in 1957. In the picture are (left to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Pilot Motor Boat Champion
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 11.19 on the night of the 28th of February, 1957, a message was received from the east pier that a vessel which had just leftthe harbour with a pilot boat in attendance was now sounding her siren and searching the...
Angelic Wings, of Piraeus
Humber, Yorkshire - At 11.25 a.m.
on 25th October, 1969, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a sick man aboard the m.v. Angelic Wings of Piraeus, which was anchored 12 miles south of Spurn lighthouse,...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Wayside Flower, Energy, Betty and Winifred
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 1.30 p.m.
on 25th January, 1966, the honorary secretary was informed that four motor fishing vessels. Wayside Flower, Energy, Betty and Winifred were fishing in bad weather. The life-boat Tillie...
Other IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded on pages 441, 448, 456, the following launches on service were made during the months March] to May, 1968, inclusive.
Aberdovey,...
Category: Services
Here and There
'A Queen's Gala' will be staged on Sunday June 10 in the beautiful grounds of Pitcaple Castle, Aberdeenshire, where Mary Queen of Scots was entertained in 1562. An afternoon of fun will include dancing scenes from the life of...
Category: Articles
Out to the Rescue
The Scarborough Motor Life-boat on 24th January, 1937, on her way to stand by fishing-boats. - View image in PDF
(See page 281). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs