LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Windfall
THE Institution has received, under the will of a civil servant of London, a legacy of ten guineas. The will was made in 1916, but the legacy to the Institution was contained in a codicil dated 7th December, 1929. That day was the height...
Category: Donations
Eventide (3)
Newbiggin, Blyth, Amble and Tynemouth, Northumberland - On 5th August, 1966, life-boats from these stations carried out a search for the missing fishing coble Eventide whose crew of three - a father and two sons - were all at some time...
Station Tours
THE Esso Petroleum Co. now produce an attractive leaflet which is given away at garages suggesting routes for motorists. One of these, 'Tiger Trail Number Two', is largely devoted to life-boat stations in Cornwall. Another such...
Category: Articles
Invitation Only'
Invitation only.' By kind invitation of the crew, members of the Weymouth ladies' guild enjoyed a trip on the Weymouth lifeboat while she was on an exercise. The trip was intended as a token of thanks from the crew for all the hard... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
One of a Series of Six Paintings
One of a series of six paintings prepared in the RNLI display studio at Poole by Hilary Dear and David Simmons for the Indian Chief centenary exhibition at Ramsgate Harbour's Clock House. This painting, by David Simmons, taken from an...
Category: Drawings
Neco Marine Limited
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Category: Advertisement
Dressed for the Job...
Dressed for the job...
Suitably attired, for the lifeboat if not for their surroundings, youngsters four-year-old Lucie Polwin, her brother Ben (10) and sister Hannah (8) (right), helped their parents on flag day in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Baby on board Kerrie Hazel MacGillivray had an unusual start in life on 13 August, when she was born on board the Oban lifeboat. The Ralph and Bonella Farrant was called to the Isle of Mull to take mother Fiona to Oban hospital but Kerrie...
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MARCH 24TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. The military reported an attack tenmiles south of Flat Head, but when the lifeboat reached the position, three and a half hours later, she found nothing. After she had returned explosions and gunfire were...
Britannia, of Belfast
On the even- ing of 24th February, the smack Bri- tannia, of Belfast, being observed riding heavily to her anchors, in an exposed position, during a strong gale from N.E., with the night coming on, the Life-boat John Turner-Turner was...