LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tonga
Weymouth, Dorset - At 8.14 p.m. on 23rd July, 1967, news was received that the yacht Tonga was in difficulties with engine trouble and was drifting 17^ miles south south west of Portland Bill. After ascertaining that a tow could not be...
Fernand, of St Malo
On the morning of .the 23rd November the schooner Fer- nand,, of St. .Male, stranded on the West Sand, at the entrance of Blakeney Harbour.
;In the evening it came on to blow heavily from E.S.E., causing a very bad sea,...
Obituary
WITH deep regret we have to announce the death, on active service, of Lieut.- Commander H, T. Gartside-Tipping, R.N., a member of the Committee of Management, who was killed in action while in command of the armoured yacht Sanda, on 25th...
Category: Obituaries
The Weird and Wonderful Prize Old Mummers
The weird and wonderful Prize Old Mummers, a group of 'am-dram' actors from Emsworth, have been raising cash for their friends at the local lifeboat branch again.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pictured: the Hovercraft
Pictured: The hovercraft in action, soon to be located at Morecambe. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Late Captain Nigel Dixon Obe Rn Director Rnli
The late Captain Nigel Dixon, OBE RN, Director, RNLI. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Schiedam, of Middlesborough
On the 4th of the following month (December), the brig Schiedam, of Middles- borough, bound from Seaham to South- ampton with coals, foundered at sea off the Yorkshire coast soon after midnight.
The master and crew of 5...
Annual Meeting
THE ninety-second Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION was held in the Council Chamber at the Caxton Hall, Westminster, on Wednesday, March 29th, 1916, at 3.30 P.M. The Eight Hon. the Earl of Plymouth, P.O.,...
Category: Meetings
Above: the new boathouse and slipway take shape beside the old
Above: The new boathouse and slipway take shape beside the old. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat House: Change of Address
OWING to the fact that the present Head- quarters at Life-boat House, Charing Cross Road, have for some years been too small for the staff required to deal with the constant expansion of the Institution's activities, the Committee of...
Category: Articles