LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Begonia
At about 9 P.M. on the 4th March the Coxswain of the Life-boat observed a vessel in the vicinity of the " Sow and Pigs" rocks, and about half-an-hour later she made signals indicating that something was wrong. The assembly signal...
District Inspectors
Captain G. R. Cousins, D.S.C., R.N., who has returned to the Institution from the Navy, has been appointed to the Southern District. During the war he helped to build the Lyness base in Scapa Flow and then took command of H.M.S....
Category: Articles
University Marine Ltd
Zodiac, the best inflatable in the world.
Zodiac is Number One. Built by the oldest and best known inflatable manufacturers in the world, Zodiac inflatables confirm their pedigree, as soon as the going gets...
Category: Advertisement
University Marine Ltd
Zodiac, the best inflatable in the world.
Zodiac is Number One. Built by the oldest and best known inflatable manufacturers in the world, Zodiac inflatables confirm their pedigree, as soon as the going gets...
Category: Advertisement
Mr. Frank Garon, of Southend-On-Sea
MR. FRANK GARON, the chairman of the Southend-on-Sea branch died on the 29th of July at the age of sixty. A director of the big catering firm of Garons in Southend, he was another of the many busy men who yet are able to give much of their...
Category: Obituaries
Motor Life-Boats of the Institution. No. 6.—The 41-Feet Beach (Aldeburgh) Type
WHEN the Institution designed two new types of motor life-boat (as described in previous issues of The Life- boat) sufficiently light to be launched off a carriage or the open beach it became possible to use motor power at a large number of...
Category: Articles
Madre-de-Cristo
Baltimore, Co. Cork - At 4 p.m. on 9th November, 1966, news was received that a member of the crew of the Spanish trawler Madre-de-Cristo had been badly injured, and it was requested that the life-boat meet the trawler at about 7 o'clock...
In Celebration
Birthdays, weddings, anniversaries. Are you looking for an imaginative and inspirational gift for these celebrations? Instead of giving presents to people for their special occasions have you ever thought of donating some money to your... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Bravest Life-Boatman of the Year
UNDER the will of Miss Maud Smith, of Chesham Place, London, who died in February, 1943, £200 was given to the Institution for investment, from which a sum not exceeding £5 was to be given in January of each year to the...
Category: Articles
London District Conference
A CONFERENCE of the branches in the London District was held at Southend- on-Sea on the 30th of March. Eighty- one delegates from forty-five branches attended it. The party was welcomed by the Mayor, visited the life-boat house, saw the life...
Category: Meetings