LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Centenary of Sennen Cove Life-Boat Station
THE centenary of the life-boat station at Sennen Cove, which was estab- lished in 1853, was celebrated by a dinner held at the Land's End Hotel on the 21st of April 1953. A certifi- cate inscribed on vellum was presented by Earl Howe,...
Category: Articles
National Giro
The R .N.L.I, has opened an account to make use of the National Giro service. The account number is 545 4050. Those who have personal Giro accounts may, if they wish, transfer money from those accounts to the Institution at no extra cost to...
Category: Articles
A Sailing Dinghy (4)
Worthing, Sussex. At approximately 3.15 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy had capsized one mile off Lancing. At 3.25 the IRB launched in a strong gusting to near gale force south-westerly wind and rough...
Television Appeal
ON Sunday, the 19th of February, 1961, the first television appeal on behalf of the life-boat service was broadcast by the B.B.C. The appeal to viewers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was made by Mr. Wynford Vaughan Thomas. That to...
Category: Advertisement
Rewards to Life-Boatmen
For their services to the Norwegian vessel Kings Star, which went aground on the North Shoal - a dangerous rock eight miles off the Orkneys - on 28th May, 1966 (THE LIFE-BOAT, September, 1966), Coxswain A. K. Sinclair, of the Stromness...
Category: Awards
Imperial Interest:
Imperial interest: His Imperial Highness Prince Naruhito, grandson of the Emperor of Japan, paid a private visit in July to Moelfre lifeboat station on Anglesey. After meeting station and guild officials, the Prince was taken to sea in the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Mary Cavell,
October 1995 Mrs Mary Cavell, founder member of the Goodwin Sands and Downs Ladies' lifeboat guild, became the first honorary secretary of the guild in 1952 until 1972 when she remained at committee member until 1983. She was awarded the...
Category: Obituaries
Dockyard Rally
L/feboat/the Royal National Lifeboat Collection at Chatham's Historic Dockyard was the backdrop chosen for the Rover P4 drivers guild invitation car rally held on 14 September.
Seventy cars attended the event, including... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rita Livesey, of Danish Shoe Company Ecco,
Rita Livesey, of Danish shoe company Ecco, hands over a £5,000 cheque to the RNLI's James Vaughan at the 2001 Southampton boat show. The company kindly donated €5 for every pair of 'Ocean Shoe' sold. The innovative sailing... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sovereign, Tagus and a Norwegian Schooner
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—Signals of distress were shown by the St. Nicholas Light-vessel at about 12.45 A.M. on the 17th February, during a moderate gale from the S.E., with a heavy sea on the bar. The Life-boat Mark Lane was manned, towed out of...