LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
November (1)
danger they put out. They did not reach and rescue the boys until they were two miles out and their boat half full of water. - Rewards, 15s. and 2s. 6d. for fuel used.
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 2.30 in the afternoon of...
Category: Services
Commander Ray King Rn,
October Commander Ray King RN, Peterfield and district branch flag day organiser from 1978 until his sudden and unexpected death. He was awarded the statuette in 1994. His clear thinking and enthusiasm will be greatly missed..
Category: Obituaries
Yes I'D Do It All Again By Rosemarie Ide
IT WAS ONE of those glorious days. A day to be taken out and inspected and admired now and then in years to come.
It would make one feel warm and good all over again. A glad-to-be-alive day.
The sun was...
Category: Articles
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
THE beautiful obverse of this medal, executed by L. C. WYON, Esq., represents the bust of QUEEN VICTORIA, Her Majesty's locks gracefully waving and gathered in a knot behind...
Category: Medals
Lifeboat Open Days 1984 Poole
Poole Headquarters and Depot Thursday July 19 Friday July 20 Saturday July 21 10 am—6 pm 10 am—6 pm 10 am—6 pm FOR ITS 160th anniversary year, the RNLFs head office and depot will once again be open to the public and there will be an...
Category: Articles
Lowestoft Steam Drifter Feaco In Which the Author Sailed When Steam Drifters Went Out Herring Gulls Followed; Very Often It Was the Gulls Which Led the Skippers to the Shoa
Lowestoft steam drifter Feaco, in which the author sailed. When steam drifters went out, herring gulls followed; very often it was the gulls which led the skippers to the shoals offish.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cromer's New Tyne Class Lifeboat Ruby and Arthur Reed II
Cromer's new Tyne class lifeboat, Ruby and Arthur Reed II.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
August (1)
AUGUST MEETING LANNERCOMBE, SALCOMBE, DEVON. About 7.30 in the evening of the 9th July, 1940, the Latvian steamer Talvaldis was attacked by enemy aeroplanes off Start Point. The weather was moderate. The Salcombe motor life-boat was called...
Category: Services
Your Letters
Address your letters to: The Editor, The Lifeboat, RNLI, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 1HZ or email us at: [email protected] All submissions should be clearly marked 'for publication' In reply to the letter from GM Reid...
Category: Correspondence