LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Irb Launches on Service During the Months September, October and November, 1971
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Abersoch, Caernarvonshire Arbroath, Angus Atlantic College, Glamorganshire Barmouth, Merionethshire Beaumaris, Anglesey Blackpool, Lancashire Borth, Cardiganshire Broughty Ferry, Angus Bude, Cornwall Burnham-on-Crouch...
Category: Services
When the Chilterns Branch Held a Fashion Show at Little Kingshill School Buckinghamshire Children Under Seven Painted This Large Picture of a Life-Boat In Action
When the Chilterns branch held a fashion show at Little Kingshill School, Buckinghamshire, children under seven painted this large picture of a life-boat in action with a helicopter overhead and an IRB approaching a vessel in...
Category: Drawings
Doreen
At about 9 P.M. on the 14th January the Coxswain, of the Life-boat Arthur B.
Dawes discovered that a vessel was ashore on the rocks of Boulmer South Steel. The night was very dark, with a thick atmosphere. The boat was...
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‘HE SAVED HER FROM DISGRACE’
Janet Gleeson’s well researched biography of our founder, Sir William Hillary, The Lifeboat Baronet revealed vital new information that removes a slur on the great...
Category: Articles
(Right) a Tyne Hull Which Is Built Upside Down Until the Plating Is Complete Is Turned Over Ready for Decking In Fairey's Yard East Cowes
(Right) A Tyne hull, which is built upside down until the plating is complete, is turned over ready for decking in Fairey's yard, East Cowes. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of David Hillmer. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Fine Service at Flamborough
A fine service was carried out by the Flamborough No. 1 Pulling and Sailing Life-boat, Forester, on April 28th, when she rescued the crew of sixteen of the Admiralty fuelling steamer Rosa. In the early hours of the morning, in a dense fog,...
Category: Services
A Cabin Cruiser
LIFE-BOATS AND HELICOPTER IN LONG SEARCH Beaumaris, Anglesey; and Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 8.32 on the evening of the 13th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the Beaumaris honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser had broken down off...
After Declaring the New Bill Knott Building Open Mrs Margaret Thatcher
After declaring the new Bill Knott Building open, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister, unveils a commemorative plaque near the main entrance. With her is the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the Institution.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs