LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Second French Award
THE French Government has awarded its silver medal of the first class and diploma to the late leuan Bateman, who lost his life when the St. David's life-boat went to the help of the French trawler Noire Dame de Fatima on the 8th of...
Category: Awards
Tvs 'Coast to Coast' Presenter Khalid Aziz and Claire Roberts
TVS 'Coast to Coast' presenter Khalid Aziz and Claire Roberts show that two hands are better than one when it comes to negotiating a 'nerve tester'. Khalid Aziz had opened a fete at Overton Primary School on June 25 which... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fleetwood:
Fleetwood: The D class inflatable lifeboat (above), given in memory of the late Miss Constance Mary Hardman, former head teacher of High Bank Nursery School, Pendlebury, by her sister Mrs P. T. Metcalfe and by the staff and pupils from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE Arun 54-03 rounding Portland Bill on passage to Plymouth: the third boat in her class, she is the 37th lifeboat donated by the Civil Service and Post Office Fund. Her hull is cold moulded wood, with a double bottom and wing... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mermaid Marine Engines Ltd
R.N.L.I. rely on Mermaid T THE NEW ROTHER CLASS LIFEBOATS, as those already in service like the Margate Lifeboat shown here, rely on Mermaid diesel engines for continuous trouble-free power in every emergency. You need reliability too, so...
Category: Advertisement
A 'Mayday' Fair Held at the Palmer Home Sarisbury Green Fareham In August Brought In £600 for the Rnli It Was the Idea of Teenagers Stuart Palmer and David Peagram Who With the Help Of
A 'Mayday' Fair held at the Palmer home, Sarisbury Green, Fareham, in August brought in £600 for the RNLI. It was the idea of teenagers Stuart Palmer and David Peagram who, with the help of Stuart's sister. Carmen, set up a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths.
NOVEMBER 1987: Miss F. E. H Shackleton, JP, vice president of Rochdale ladies' guild since 1959.
She was honorary secretary of the guild from 1947 to...
Category: Obituaries
Grace Darling
Grace Darling was the last of the 21 Liverpool class lifeboats to be built and spent almost half her service life at North Sunderland and at Youghal in Ireland. Her coxswain at North Sunderland was awarded a Bronze... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cash Haul
A final spurt in helping The Lord Kitchener public house in Welling, Kent, to raise £12,000 for a D class inflatable lifeboat was aided by staff of Securicor Custodial Services, Charlton, who hauled a nine and a half ton prison van over... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Holiday Spirit
A local club’s sailing session made it a busy Valentine’s day for Aberystwyth lifeboat crew. The B class Spirit of Friendship was launched when a dinghy was seen capsizing several times, with her two-person crew having more and more trouble...
Category: Articles