LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Five war-time veteran and four serving lifeboatmen pictured in Hyde Park during the 50th anniversary commemoration on 6 May 1995. Back row: (left to right) Billy Burrell, Maurice Smith, John Miller, Mark Ford, Tony Bebbington and Albert... - View image in PDF

PENLEE LIFEBOAT, the 47ft Watson class Solomon Browne, with her coxswain, Trevelyan Richards, and all on board, was lost on the night of Saturday December 19 during a service to the 1,400 ton coaster Union Star, registered in...

The RNLI provides its volunteers with the best lifeboats, equipment and training for the job, and so it must. But sometimes, nothing is a match for the sheer ferocity of NatureWhen a lifeboat crew launch to the rescue, their own safety is...

Honorary Life-Governors THE following have been appointed Honorary Life-Governors of the Institution and present- ed with a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum and signed by H.R.H. the .Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution: MR....

The christening in May of Bryan Michael White, son of Motor Mechanic Bob White and his wife Susan, took place on board Number lifeboat at Spurn Point. The service was conducted by the Reverend L. D. Christie, Vicar of Easington, who used as... - View image in PDF

For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.

(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) Founded 4th March, 1824.—Supported solely by Voluntary Contributions.

PATRON.

HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY...

Thursday, 2nd June, 1870. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.

Head and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Com-...

For the first time in its history the annual meeting of the Royal National Life-boat Institution was held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, when the Chairman, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., referred to the decisions...