LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

ON account of the simultaneous pub- lication with this issue of a special Cen- tenary Number, and our intention to publish in the next issue, wh;ch will appear in November, an illustrated!supplement, with an account of the various Centenary...

More views of RNLI lifeboat stations from the air.

Tenby -- West Division Tenby, in Pembrokeshire, has one of the longest slipways in the country, its 360ft extending from the boathouse off Castle Hill into deep water. The...

IT is again our painful duty to record the death of another old and tried friend, and Member of the Committee of Management, of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, in the person of the late GEORGE...

Branding reviewviews for Issue No 563 has arrived and read; an excellent issue, presentation and contents.

It has a great practical and interesting 'buzz' about it all.

The Lifeboat College must...

Six fishermen saved from stranded vessel in heavy seas The Thanks of the Institution on Vellum has been awarded to Coxswain Robert Duffy of Howth lifeboat following a service to a fishing boat in Force 7 winds and heavy seas. The deputy...

Mrs. P. J. Grenside, who was an honorary life-governor of the Institu- tion, died in August, 1963. She was appointed honorary secretary of the Godalming branch in 1929 and was awarded the gold badge in 1936. She was elected an honorary life...

THE Royal Humane Society has awarded an " in memoriam" testimonial to relatives of the late George Hanson, formerly head launcher of the Runswick life-boat, who lost his life when going to the help of a schoolmaster and a number of...

Twelve life-boatmen lost their lives at sen, or died on their return, and seven life-boats were lost in various ways. One was left on the beaches of Dunkirk. One was destroyed at its station by an air-raid. Three were destroyed by an...