LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Silver-Medal Service at New Brighton
THE Institution has awarded its silver medal to Coxswain W. H. Jones, of New Brighton; second-service clasps to the bronze medals they already hold to Second Coxswain J. Nicholson and Motor Mechanic W. Garbutt; its bronze medal to Second...
Category: Medals
Certain Members of Crews Are Also Trained to Carry Out Rescue Work As Swimmers and Special Wet Suit Swimming Equipment Has Recently Been Developed'
'Certain members of crews are also trained to carry out rescue work as swimmers, and special wet suit swimming equipment has recently been developed.'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below Right) a Little In-Joke
(below right) A little in-joke - the contact board for ihe replica lifeboat station carries the names of the volunteers!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Yla Section
INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW Three hundred and twenty-one new members enrolled at the Association desk at the International Boat Show. This was an encouraging start for the New Year and it was particularly gratifying to note that over 80 per cent...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
There have been two Life-boats stationed for some years past near Drogheda—one on either side of the River Boyne— that on the northern side not having justified its existence, the opportunity has recently been taken of closing the station...
Category: Articles
Maurice Hardy CBE
JULY 1994 Maurice Hardy CBE CENG, who funded the prototype Severn class lifeboat Maurice and Joyce Hardy..
Category: Obituaries
Ninth International Life-Boat Conference
The ninth international life-boat con- ference was held in Edinburgh from 4th to 6th June, 1963. Apart from the British delegation there were repre- sentatives of sixteen nations present. Of the European countries there were delegations from...
Category: Meetings
The Motor Fishing Vessels Easter Morn and Galilee
ESCORTED VESSELS Whitby, Yorkshire. At 11 a.m. on 3rd January, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that two motor fishing vessels, the Easter Morn and Galilee, were at sea in deteriorating weather conditions. The life-boat...
Bookshelf
The History of the Rhyl Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author at £2.50 This is the second edition of Jeff Morris's account of the lifeboats and services in this wellknown North Wales resort.
As usual the...
Category: Articles