LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
After Naming the Torbay Boat the Duke of Kent Accompanied By the Duchess Went Up on Her Flying Bridge for a Trip to Sea
After naming the Torbay boat, the Duke of Kent, accompanied by the Duchess, went up on her flying bridge for a trip to sea.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Suggestion. To Those In Charge of the Young
CHARACTER never alters, but it may be influenced, instructed and guided, and never so well as in the days of child- hood and early youth. Whilst it is of the utmost importance that the young should be encouraged to be industrious, thrifty...
Category: Articles
The Wandsbek
CADGWITH, CORNWALL.—The full-rigged ship, Wandsbek, of Hamburg, struck on the Dales rocks at the Lizard Point, on the 26th May. Bookets were fired fromthe signal station, the Life-boat Minnit Moon wai launched at 4.5 P.M. in response to them...
The Improvisatore. Songs of Society. "Man the Life-Boat!"
During the storms of the past ye «r the NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION contributed to the saving of 1121 live: from various shipwrecks—Hatty Paper.
O ALL ye who sit in comfort By the brightly-blazing fire, Do you ever...
Category: Poetry
THE YEARS OF THEIR LIVES
Recognising our people’s achievements – as well as reporting our progress – has always been at the heart of the RNLI’s annual meetings. But how we do that has changed with the times, and is about to change again …
Category: Articles
Sea Shanties By Toc H
AT the first annual meeting of the new Hornsey Branch, a special programme of sea chanties was given by members of the Crouch End Toe H. The singers were dressed as a Life-boat Crew in jerseys and caps, and all the chanties were sung with...
Category: Meetings
The Rnli In Ireland By Lieut-Colonel Brian Clark Mc Gm
During the past year Irish lifeboatmen have served with courage and honour. Among other services the Kilmore Quay lifeboat crew experienced the first capsizes of a modern lifeboat; they and the whole station acquitted themselves with...
Category: Articles
Borth: Helmsman Ronald Davies Was Accorded the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum for the Rescue on August 18 of Two People Trapped By the Tide at the Fo
Borth: Helmsman Ronald Davies was accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum for the rescue on August 18 of two people trapped by the tide at the foot of cliffs. The photograph shows the area at low tide: x marks the position... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Freighter Dovrefjell, of Oslo (1)
Longhope, Orkneys, and Wick, Caith- ness-shire.—At 4.22 on the morning of the 3rd of February, 1956, the freighter Dovrefjell, of Oslo, a converted tanker, wirelessed that she had gone aground in the Pentland Skerries but was in no immediate...
One of the First of Many Visitors to Be Shown Over Rother Class Lifeboat Silver Jubilee (Below) Was Clare Francis (Right) on Her Tour of the Show After Performing the Openin
One of the first of many visitors to be shown over Rother class lifeboat Silver Jubilee (below) was Clare Francis (right). On her tour of the show, after performing the opening ceremony, she called at the RNLI stand where Major-General... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs