LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Medals for Gallantry
SILVER and bronze medals for gallantry have been awarded at the Humber, Whitby, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight), Clacton-on-Sea, Blackpool, Lytham St.
Annes, Dover, Broughty Ferry, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Salcombe, Torbay,...
Category: Medals
Borth: Helmsman Ronald Davies Was Accorded the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum for the Rescue on August 18 of Two People Trapped By the Tide at the Fo
Borth: Helmsman Ronald Davies was accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum for the rescue on August 18 of two people trapped by the tide at the foot of cliffs. The photograph shows the area at low tide: x marks the position... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Statement of the Several Life-Boats Belonging to Or In Connection With the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
BELONGING TO on IN CONNECTION WITH T STATION. Length. Breadth. No. of Oars. When Stationed £ or Named. ENGLAND. Ft. In. Ft. In. NORTHUMBERLAND BERWICK-OS-TWEED - - - 37 - 8 - 12 1888 HOLY...
Category: Articles
Norwegian Life-Boat Anniversary
by Commander F. R. H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R.
Deputy Chairman of the Institution.
This is the second part of Commander Szoann's article. In this issue he deals with his subsequent visit to...
Category: Articles
For Quiet Nights
Four people in Leeds, two husbands and wives, sent the Instititution a pound in July 1941. It was a penny from each of them in gratitude for each night that they had had free from air-raids. They continued that thankoffering for every quiet...
Category: Articles
How to Clean Up for the Lifeboats Barrie Davis Studio Manager of Dawson Strange
How to clean up for the lifeboats.
Barrie Davis, studio manager of Dawson Strange Photography in Cobham (wearing Shoreline sweater) undertook to sell off in aid of the RNLI cleaning products which his firm had been... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Dell Quay Dory
Found in time THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 11, 1987 W3S bitterly cold, with temperatures falling to minus 10°C along the south coast.
In Poole Harbour a north-easterly wind created a chill factor of minus 15°C or more, so...
Here and There
THE GLASGOW Lewis and Harris Association Cup, presented annually to the person or persons who during the year had done most to bring credit or honour to the island, was awarded last year to Coxswain Calum MacDonald and the crew of Stornoway...
Category: Articles
They Came to Plymouth
Lifeboats representing the lifesaving associations of France, the Federal Republic of West Germany, Norway, Poland and Sweden made the voyage to the West Country last summer to be present for the opening weekend of the International Lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Fundraising
Over the last few years the lifeboat service has been in a strong financial position. It has been able to plan for the future and expand itslifesaving activities, thanks to the generosity and support of the public. However the continued...
Category: Articles