LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Last Meeting Between the Duke of Kent President of the Rnli from 1936 and the Lifeboat Service Was at Plymouth Guildhall on July 11 1942 Just Seven Weeks Bef
The last meeting between the Duke of Kent, President of the KNLIfrom 1936, and the lifeboat service was at Plymouth Guildhall on July 11, 1942, just seven weeks before his death in an air accident.. - View image in PDF
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The Remains of Margate Pier After the Storm of 1977 — the Badly Damaged Lifeboat Station Stands Isolated Between It and the Shore. (Inset) the New Station, Built Near the Landward E
The remains of Margate pier after the storm of 1977 — the badly damaged lifeboat station stands isolated between it and the shore. (Inset) The new station, built near the landward end of the old pier.. - View image in PDF
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The H F Bailey Lifeboat In Which Coxswain Henry Blogg of Cromer Saved So Many Lives Coining Alongside HMS Belfast In the Thames on November 9 When the Pr
The H. F. Bailey lifeboat in which Coxswain Henry Blogg, of Cromer, saved so many lives, coining alongside H.M.S. Belfast in the Thames on November 9 when the press saw the veteran craft which has been sold to Leisure Sport Ltd,... - View image in PDF
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Postscript : Extracts from An Article By Captain Basil Hall An Inspector of Lifeboats at the Turn of the Century
Following the publication in the winter issue of THE LIFEBOAT of a description of the work of present-day divisional inspectors of lifeboats, here are some extracts from an article by the late Captain Basil Hall, RN, a one-time inspector of...
Category: Articles
Lerwick's New 52Ft Arun Lifeboat Soldian With Her Crew and Crew Reserves She Was Named By Hrh the Duke of Kent President of the Institution on September 12 19
Lerwick's new 52ft Arun lifeboat Soldian with her crew and crew reserves. She was named by HRH The Duke of Kent, president of the Institution on September 12, 1978.
Included in the report of the ceremony published in... - View image in PDF
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London Boat Show
'BRING ME SUNSHINE' was the theme of the 27th London International Boat Show, set against a Caribbean background, at Earls Court from January 8 to 18, so who else could have opened it but Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise? Always good...
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A Lancaster Bomber Aeroplane
APRIL 5TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. A Lancaster bomber aeroplane had crashed and her dinghy had overturned with six airmen on board, but a destroyer escorting a passing convoy rescued two of them, and of the other four only two dead bodies were...
Coxswains All: Left to Right Aboard the Watson Cabin Motor Lifeboat Civil Service No 5 Hugh Nelson Coxswain from 1949 to 1954 Andrew White Coxswain from 1917 to 1
Coxswains all: Left to right, aboard the Watson cabin motor lifeboat Civil Service No. 5, Hugh Nelson, coxswain from 1949 to 1954, Andrew White, coxswain from 1917 to 1949, and Alexander Nelson, coxswain from 1954 to 1960. The photograph was... - View image in PDF
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Hastings Crew Were Out on Service In Reserve Lifeboat Jane Hay on September 27 1974 In a Force 10 Wind They Rescued Three Men from Fv Simon Peter; Jane Hay Is Seen
Hastings crew were out on service in reserve lifeboat Jane Hay on September 27, 1974. In a force 10 wind they rescued three men from FV Simon Peter; Jane Hay is seen here returning to the shelter of the harbour arm with the men... - View image in PDF
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Hauling Up: Coxswain Davies Is Holding One of the Ropes Which Have Taken the Lifeboat's Weight While the Winch Wire Was Attached Photograph By Courtesy of Peter Da
Hauling up: Coxswain Davies is holding one of the ropes which have taken the lifeboat's weight while the winch wire was attached. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Peter Davies. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs