LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Upernavik, of Esbjerg
On 5th December, 1970, m.f.v. Upernavik of Esbjerg with five people on board went ashore at Bressay. The Lerwick, Shetland, life-boat Southern Africa on temporary duty at the station slipped her moorings at 1.2. There was a westerly gale...
Annual Report
AT the Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Mansion House, by the kind permission of the LORD MAYOR of London, on Thursday, the 28th of February, 1867, His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.,...
Category: Annual Reports
Gifts of Biscuits and Chocolates
THE Institution has received gifts of biscuits from Messrs. Peek Frean, Huntley & Palmer, McVitie & Price and W. &. R. Jacob, and of chocolate from Messrs. Rowntree, Cadbury and Fry.
These are the emergency...
Category: Donations
People and Places
Gemma picks a perfick lottery Actress Gemma Craven, also known as 'Ma Larkin', drew the winning tickets of the 71st RNLI Lifeboat Lottery on 31 October 1995.
Gemma has been starring in 'The Darling Buds of...
Category: Articles
Island Maid and Angele
On the after- noon of 12th November, two vessels, the schooner Island Maid, of Belfast, and the brigantine Angele, of Brest, while endeavouring to enter Padstow Harbour, in a strong "W.N.W. gale accompanied by a heavy sea, struck on the...
Our Laddie
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 5.15 A.M. on the 28th May, 1939, a message was received from Gunfleet Lighthouse through the coastguard that a vessel had gone aground on the Gunfleet Sands. A moderate N.N.W. breeze wasblowing, with a slight...
Swimming in style
The evolution of the humble swimsuit tells an interesting story of wider social conventions …
Daft costumes are the order of the day when it comes to a festive fundraising dip for charity but,...
Category: Articles
(Left) Champagne Breaks Over the Bow the 44Ft Waveney Relief Lifeboat Wavy Line and (Below) a Bouquet Is Presented Her Namer Mrs Barbara Laird By Sir Alec Rose
(Left) Champagne breaks over the bow of the 44ft Waveney relief lifeboat Wavy Line, and (below) a bouquet is presented to her namer, Mrs Barbara Laird, by Sir Alec Rose. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
ICS Electronics
THG VANTAGE Vantage PRO weather stations offer forecasting, on-screen graphing for every sensor, and multiple alarm settings.
Monitor UV temperature, wind, rain, barametric pressure, humidity and more. Quick-view icons show...
Category: Advertisement