LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coxswain Cross Retires.
Coxswain Robert Cross, G.M., who has been in command nf the lifeboat station at The Humber for 3i years, has retired at the age of 67.
These last tour years have been the busiest, as well as the most dangerous, in his long...
Category: Articles
Boxing Day Splash
It's amazing what lengths some fundraisers go to! This photograph shows Llanfairfechan branch chairman, Rob Shiland, leading intrepid sponsored 'splashers' down the slipway into the freezing Boxing Day brine.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Awards to Honorary Workers
To MRS. FABMEK, who was at one time Honorary Secretary of the Gloucester Branch, and who has helped the Institution, for 20 years, the Gold Brooch and the Record of Thanks.
To the following ladies who have worked in...
Category: Awards
The Iron Barque Atlantic, of Swansea
In consequence of information brought into this port by the fishing smack Summer Cloud, at noon on the 12th April, the steam-tug Vulcan left the harbour with the Life-boat Bradford in tow, and made for the Long Sand, a shoal at the entrance...
Annual Report
THE Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, on this its fortyfourth anniversary, beg to return their hearty thanks to all those who have kindly given them their moral and pecuniary support; and they desire also publicly to...
Category: Annual Reports
A Motor Boat (1)
TWO LIFE-BOATS IN ALL-NIGHT SEARCH Torbay, and Exmouth, Devon. At 10.44 on the night of the 16th August, 1962, the Brixham coastguard passed on a report from a boat-owner, whose son had put out in a 20-foot motor boat three hours earlier to...
A Day's Leave Collecting
A NAVAL seaman was on leave in Staines for a day. It happened to be the flag- day for the Life-boat Service. He spent it collecting and got over six pounds..
Category: Donations
Peeks of Bournemouth Ltd
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Category: Advertisement
Cover Picture
cover picture: crew training in action at the Lifeboat college. see inside for how to take a look for yourself. - View image in PDF
photo: rnLi/chris Walker. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Frank
At about midnight on the 8-9th February the district police constable roused the coxswain of the Life-boat Mary Andrew, and reported that a vessel was ashore south of Bondicar and making distress signals. The crew were assembled and the boat...