LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Peter Tabor the Donor of Port Isaac's New D Class Hands Over the Lifeboat to the Rnli at a Ceremony In the Harbour Area of the Town
Peter Tabor The Donor of Port Isaac's New D Class Hands Over The Lifeboat To The Rnli at A Ceremony In The Harbour Area of the Town. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
All Bottled Up
When is an emergency not an emer- gency ? One answer might come from the crew of the inshore rescue boat at St. Ives: when it is a drifting bottle.
At 8.25 p.m. on 29th May Captain T. Stevens, honorary secretary at...
Category: Articles
Lilida (1)
Swanage, and Weymouth, Dorsetshire.-— About nine o'clock on the night of the 4th of September, 1949, the Swanage coastguard telephoned the life-boat station that red flares had been seen five miles south-east of Shambles. At 9.34 he...
A Barge (1)
Youghal, Co. Cork. At 6.15 on the evening of the 16th of November, 1960, the motor mechanic was told that a boat being used in the construction of the new bridge at Youghal was in difficulty and drifting seawards. The weather was cloudy,...
Awards to Coxswains and Members of Life-Boat Crews
THE following coxswains and members of life-boat crews have been awarded certificates of service, and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations have been awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and a...
Category: Awards
RNLI FAMILY: THE LIFE OF THE CHARITY
Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
Happy birthday, Frammy!
A former Whitby crew member recently celebrated his 90th birthday. He served on the lifeboat from 1951 to 1975. Ronnie Frampton, known...
Category: Articles
J. & J. Monks (1)
Blackpool, Fleetwood, and Lytham-St.
Anne's, Lancashire.—In the evening of the 14th November the Liverpool steamer J. & J. Monks, bound from Fleetwood to Runcorn with a cargo of gravel, anchored about three miles...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
NORTH DEAL, KENT.—The s.s. Bion, of Newcastle, laden with oil, from Batoum for London, stranded on the inner part of the North Goodwin Sand in a thick fog on the morning of the 15th Feb., 1902. In response to signals from the Gull...
Category: Services
Open Days Poole Hq and Depot
Poole HQ and Depot JULY 19 TO 21 FOR THREE DAYS IN JULY, the Poole head office and depot buildings opened their doors wide to show RNLI supporters and the public at large exactly how the lifeboat service is run. This was the second time open...
Category: Articles
Violet
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At about 11.15 A.M. on the 29th April, 1938, the coastguard reported that a shrimp boat south of the harbour appeared to be in difficulties. A watch was kept on her, and at 11.38 the...