LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rowing Boats
Thames race disaster avertedThe annual Veterans' Head of the River Race ended in chaos on Sunday, 21 March after being hit by gale-force winds and strong tides.
More than 140 boats were participating, with nine crew in...
Bye-Laws of the Royal National Life-boat Institution
I. THE Annual General Meeting prescribed by the Charter shall be held on the 4th day of March, or as soon after as may be convenient,, and the same and all other General Meetings shall be held at such time and place as the Committee of...
Category: Meetings
An Anson Aeroplane
JULY 17TH. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At eight o’clock in the evening the Rhyl life-boat station was told that an Anson aeroplane had come down in the sea seven miles to the north-west, and that Botha aeroplanes and...
Large Crowds Gathered Four Times a Day to Watch the Combined RAF and RNLI Rescue Displays.
Large crowds gathered four times a day to watch the combined RAF and RNLI rescue displays.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Cobles
MAY 16TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
About 8.30 in the morning five small fishing cobles were expected to return. The tide was ebbing and there was a rough sea on the bar, making it very dangerous to cross. At 9.15 the No. 2...
Strathearn Glass Ltd Are Making a Lifeboat Glass Paperweight (Left) In a Limited Edition of 150 Engraved on the Side of Each Paperweight Are the Company's Signature T
Slrathearn Glass Ltd are making a lifeboat glass paperweight (left) in a limited edition of 150. Engraved on the side of each paperweight are the company's signature, the engraver's initials and a serial number. Available from... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Westown (1)
FEBRUARY 21 ST. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
At 10.50 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore near the Penzer Rocks The weather was foggy, with a southerly wind and a moderate sea. At 11.15 P.M. the motor life-boat W...
The President Names the New Southend Boat
H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT, Presi- dent of the Institution, named the new Southend-on-Sea life-boat on the 17th of May, 1955.
The new life-boat is a gift of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, the thirtieth which that fund...
Category: Inaugurations
A Silver Medal Service at Peterhead
JUST before 10 o'clock on the night of the 18th January last, the Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Coxswain received a telephone message from the Coast- guard that a vessel was ashore on St-otstown Head, three-and-a-quarter miles north of...
Category: Services
The Merchant Vessel Galina
Fortitude off Falmouth Without power, Merchant Vessel Calina found herself at the mercy of a violent storm and drifting dangerously close to shore. With the nearest Coastguard Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) several hours away, RNLI crew were...