LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obeerm.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, " L. C. Wyon." Double legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in...
Category: Medals
Line Up for the International Life-Boat Conference: Life-Boats of the R.N.L.I. Assembling at East Cowes In May, 1967, Before Setting Out for the 10th International Conference in Dinard and St. Malo from 5th-9th June
Line up for the International Life-boat Conference: life-boats of the R.N.L.I, assembling at East Cowes in May, 1967, before setting out for the 10th international conference in Dinard and St. Malo from 5th-9th June. Shown (from left to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Record of 1927. A Year of Conspicuous Services
A Year of Conspicuous Services.
THE storms in the latter part of 1927 have supplied the answer, if any were needed, to the question which is sometimes asked whether the gradual replacement of the sailing ship by steam and...
Category: Annual Reports
The S.S. Radwinter, of London (1)
JUNE 27TH. - ANGLE, AND FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE. At 10.35 in the morning the coastguard telephoned to Angle that Seaforth Radio Station had picked up an SOS message from the S.S. Radwinter, of London. She had struck bottom a mile south of...
Some Ways of Raising Money
Following receipt of a cheque made out to theR.N.L.I.
for £100 from Southern Television Ltd., Commander P. Thornycroft, of T.T. Boat Designs Ltd., Bernbridge, I.o.W., wrote: 'I feel this needs some small...
Category: Donations
"Heroes of the Sea." Over a Thousand Pounds Made by a Life-Boat Film
Over a Thousand Pounds made by a Life-boat Film.
IN 1930 British International Pictures made a film called " The Lady from the Sea," in which the principal inci- dent was a life-boat rescue. Part of the scenes...
Category: Articles
The Help of An Octopus
THE honorary secretary of the Exmouth station, who raises money for the branch by selling flowers at the boathouse, has found another and unexpected source of revenue. While fishing off Budleigh Salterton in July he caught an octopus. He...
Category: Articles
The Skipper of the "Hesperian" With Coxswain Worth of Penlee
(see page 163). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Greek Brig San Spridione, of Galaxide
On the night of the 16th February, the Greek brig San Spiridione, of Galaxide, coal laden, was driven ashore in Tramore Bay, in a south gale. As she made no signals of distress, her dangerous position ^was not seen from the shore until...
The Winters of Newhaven
WHEN Second Coxswain Stanley Winter retired from the service in 1954 a family record of 100 years' association with the Newhaven life-boat was inter- rupted. In 1854 Second Coxswain Winter's grandfather became a member of the crew...
Category: Articles