LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mountbatten of Burma
ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who was killed in his motor yacht while on holiday last August, will be remembered, as is his wife, the Countess Mountbatten, as a very good friend of the lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Your Letters
The Samtampa remembered On browsing through the Summer 1992 edition of THE LIFEBOAT I saw an article refering to the Mumbles lifeboat and Samtampa tragedy.
At that time I was stationed at Porthcawl with the RAF No. 1105...
Category: Correspondence
Best Wreck Service
The Rt. Hon. Douglas Jay, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, has awarded the shield for the best wreck service of the year 1966/67 to the Belhelvie and Collieston Coastguard Rescue Companies for their rescue of six men by breeches buoy...
Category: Awards
Some Ways of Raising Money
Despite being so far away, the RNLI's Hong Kong branch works tirelessly to raise funds for the Institution.
The committee members were thrilled, therefore, when HRH The Duke of Kent, the Institution's president,...
Category: Donations
Services of the Life-Boats During the Storms of November and December, 1867
The following is a list of the services of the boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION during the recent heavy gales:— - ' NO. of Lives saved.
Nov. 16-17,1867.—The Manky Wood life-boat at Poole rescued the crew of...
Category: Services
H.M.S. Brave
Tynemouth, Northumberland.—At 11.5 on the night of the 18th of March, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a ship was on the Black Middens Rocks.
At 11.29 the life-boat Tynesider was launched, accompanied by the honorary...
Ben Haslett (R) a Shoreline Member and Steward of Guildford Corporation Club Arranged a Social Evening for the Rnll Last November the Resulting Cheque for £21
Ben Haslett (r.), a Shoreline member and steward of Guildford Corporation Club, arranged a social evening for the RNLl last November. The resulting cheque for £210 was presented to Sydney Gillingham (/.), assistant district organising... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
July (1)
CRICCIETH, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At about 11.30 in the morning of the 26th March, 1941, a Wellington bomber crashed into the sea, between Criccieth Castle and Harlech. The weather was foggy, with a heavy swell. Two rowing boats, each manned by...
Category: Services
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt t'l are — ; ft- .-,:r X. 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy (maximum 28 Ibs., 1...
Category: Articles
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1900
Jan. 4.—Five fishermen put off in a coble from Staithes, Yorkshire, and assisted other cobles which, had been overtaken by a very thick fog and a heavy sea.—Reward, 11. 5s.
Jan. 10.—Three men, while fishing off Beadnell,...
Category: Articles