LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Institution and the Coronation
Spithead Review FOUH life-boats took part in the Coronation Review of the Fleet by Her Majesty the Queen at Spithead on the 15th of June, 1953. Two of the life-boats were the new Campbeltown and Flamborough boats, City of Glas- gow II and...
Category: Articles
(Above) a Welcome for the New Mersey from Station President Admiral Sir Charles Mills
(above) A welcome for the new Mersey from station president Admiral Sir Charles Mills. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Society of Arts and Life-Saving Apparatus
THE "Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce," com- monly known as the " Society of Arts," as most of our readers will be aware, offers from time to time its Gold Medal to be competed for by...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
SBLSEY, SUSSEX.—At 7.35 A.M. on the 19th March the Coastguard reported that a vessel was on the Mixen Reef, flying signals of distress. The crew of the Life-boat Lucy Newbon were at once assembled and the boat launched, but just after she...
Category: Services
People and Places
Malcolm Grant, the winner of the Volvo 440 Li car which was first prize in the RNLI's 60th national lottery owes his thanks to comedian Billy Burden, who drew his winning ticket. The popular comedian, who was curently appearing as Mr...
Category: Articles
Johnsons and Rob Roy
Blyth, Northumberland.—At noon on the 10th of December, 1955, the •coastguard rang up to say that a man had reported that he had received a wireless message from the fishing hoat Golden Days. She reported that she was escorting the fishing...
Awards to Coxswains and Members of Life-Boat Crews
The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations were awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and...
Category: Awards
Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown weighs-in: A seven-month-old golden cocker spaniel named Charlie Brown raised £377 for the Lakes Committee. His owner, Elizabeth Haworth of Windermere asked people to guess his weight in return for a 50p donation.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (4)
National INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK. ESTABLISHED IN SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS. PATRONESS. HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. VICE-FATUOUS. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. HIS MAJESTY THE...
Category: Advertisement
The S.S. Perou and the S.S. Vittoria Claudia
Dungeness, and Dover, Kent; and Hastings, Sussex.—At four o'clock on the morning of the 16th of November, 1953, the Lade coastguard telephoned the Dungeness life-boat station that the S.S. Perou, of Havre, had reported that she had been...