LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The British Railways Ferry Princess Victoria (3)
On the 31st of January, 1953, the British Railways ferry Princess Victoria sank in a gale in the Irish Sea.
The Portpatrick, Donaghadee, Clou- ghey and Newcastle, Co. Down, life- boats were all launched on service.
A Canoe (1)
Newhaven, Sussex.—9th July, 1939.
A canoe had capsized with two people on board, but the police rescued them from the shore with lines.—Rewards, £5 13*..
An RNLI Lifeguard on Exercise
An RNLI Lifeguard On Exercise. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sea Rescue Services In Sweden
THE first organisation for rescuing those in danger at sea to come into being in Sweden was established by the Swedish Government in 1854, when a life-boat station was set up in the south of Sweden. The service was under naval control until...
Category: Services
From the "Evening Standard" 100 Years Ago
" WE regret to state that the effects of yesterday's gale have been of a most disastrous character as regards the destruction of property. That human life has not been sacrificed to a most deplorable extent is attributed solely to...
Category: Articles
A Canoeist Comes Ashore at Dugort Pier After a Rescue By the Achill Lifeboat
A canoeist comes ashore at Dugort Pier after a rescue by the Achill lifeboat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left) a Knot Board for Hq Museum Poole Presented to Captain Nigel Dixon (I) By Arthur Hull Comes With the Goodwill of Everyone at Atv Network Studios Boreha
(Left) A knot board for HQ museum, Poole, presented to Captain Nigel Dixon (I.) by Arthur Hull comes with the goodwill of everyone at ATV Network Studios, Boreham Wood. The knots were made by Tom Riley, a security officer, the frame by Peter... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Three Metal Floats (1)
JULY 22ND. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. During the afternoon four young men, holiday visitors from Coventry, went out on three metal floats from Prestatyn. The sea was rough and a strong south-westerly wind was blowing.<...
Coxswain Dan O'Dwyer from Courtmacsherry
Coxswain Dan O'Dwyer from Courtmacsherry receive their Bronze medals from HRH The Duke of Kent. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Institution's Expenditure at a Glance
How each £100 of die Institution's Expenditure was kid out in 1930.
£ s. d.
36 8 0 H ••— Construction and Repair of Life-boats, Carriages and Tractors.
16 0 0 — ...
Category: Accounts