LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ceremonies
Stromness On the afternoon of Thursday August 22, 1985, morning rain had given way to sunshine and the earlier buzz of conversation blending with music from the Salvation Army Band and the movement of people around Stromness harbour was...
Category: Inaugurations
Samary
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 8.54 p.m. on 14th November, 1969, a report wasreceived that white flares had been sighted about one mile south of the coastguard look out. The life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow, on temporary duties at the station,...
Al Rosanjo
THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Dover lifeboat station received a call from HM Coastguard at 1649 on Saturday May 12, 1979, telling him that a motor boat had been reported aground but that the sighting was being checked. Just over an hour later,...
Rose Marie and the William Robert
Sheringham, Norfolk - At 8.25 a.m.
on :8th April, 1967, it was noted that the Sheringham crab boats were at sea and conditions were deteriorating rapidly.
The life-boat The Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows...
Increase of British Shipping
THOSE who are old enough to remember the repeal of the navigation laws describe the state of feeling that prevailed among the shipowning class when the measure was carried safely through Parliament as one of absolute panic. Nothing but the...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Calendar and Christmas Card
THE LIFE-BOAT Christmas card and the calendar for 1939 will have the above picture reproduced on them in colours.
The picture shows a modern motor life-boat of the Watson type being launched down a slipway. It has been...
Category: Advertisement
The S.S. Capri
WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE. — On the 2nd December the Life-boat Honourable Artillery Company was launched and proceeded to the Kentish Knock, where the s.s.
Capri, of Liverpool, was found stranded.
The Life-boat...
Open House
Every two years the RNLI throws open its doors at the Poole Headquarters and Depot to show how it goes about backing the volunteer crews and fundraisers.
This year the event was held on Friday and Saturday the first i and...
Category: Articles
Friends of the RNLI
These corporate partners offer discounts to you and fundraising benefits for our charity
Coastal Spring
Look out for the Coastal Spring range of Cornish bottled water in your local shops, bars and restaurants....
Category: Articles