LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Grace
Mrs. A. Wooldridge, honorary secretary of the Stourbridge branch of the R.N.L.I., has suggested the following Grace for life-boat dinners: 'For men of brave heart and great courage; for willing workers in the service of others; and for...
Category: Articles
Church Kneelers
The R.N.L.I. Depot at Boreham Wood, Herts., has to be ready to tackle almost any request for help. A recent one was for a life-boat design for 60 new church kneelers for Flamborough. A design was turned out incorporating a life-boat and the...
Category: Articles
Coxswain Walter Semple of Cloughey
Winner of the bronze medal for gallantry (See page 249). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New Ways of Raising Money
The Lyme Regis flag week coincided with the World Cup. One of the attractions zuas a stall on the front selling souvenirs. But fearing a diminished attendance during the game, the local organiser telephoned the B.B.C. at Bristol to obtain...
Category: Donations
Whisky Mac
Three rescued from yacht in severe gales The events leading up to Alderney lifeboat' s service to the 23ft yacht Whisky Mac are recounted in the report of St Peter Port lifeboat's Silver Medal service to the yacht Sena Sioria (main...
Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part 1
KNOWLEDGE OF SHIPS AND THE SEA, of design and engineering brought to bear, with imagination, on the problems posed in the reconciling of requirements with limitations; calculations; drawings —of profile, section and plan—building up on flat...
Category: Articles
At Informal Gathering of Delegates Mr Mikko Mannio Finland Presents Cut-Glass Bowl and Flag to Commander Swann on Table Scroll Prepared By French Delegation
At informal gathering of delegates, Mr Mikko Mannio, Finland, presents cut-glass bowl and flag to Commander Swann. On table, scroll prepared by French delegation on behalf of many of the world's lifeboat services, and 100-year-old copper... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mercantile Credit
SHORELINE MAKES MARINE LOANS PLAIN SAILING A new boat? a refit? Or just a little help with annual expenses? Whatever your requirements, if you're an RNLI supporter you can apply for a loan at an attractive rate of interest from...
Category: Advertisement
Peter Hicks Associates,
'FOR THOSE IN PERIL Introducing two unique bronzes created for Members of the RNLI by Military Artist Peter Hicks.
Both illustrate splendidly the character, style of dress and equipment as worn during those early...
Category: Advertisement
The S.S. Cranby
OCTOBER 20TH. - REDCAR, YORK-SHIRE. At 9.30 P.M. the S.S. Cranby, ofMontreal, a 2,000-ton steamer, with a crew of twenty-one, bound laden with coal from Newcastle to London, ran ashore on West Scar Rocks. The weather was hazy, with a light...