LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Boat (1)
Fenit, Co. Kerry - At 1.55 p.m. on 25th April, 1968, Valentia radio informed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat with two men on board was in difficulties with engine trouble at the mouth of the river Shannon.
The...
Memorial Services
Among the R.N.L.I. representatives who attended the memorial service in Westminster Abbey for Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, on 25th October, 1968, were the Chairman, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O.; the two Deputy...
Category: Articles
Birmingham Appeal
The appeal by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham for a new City of Birmingham life-boat has now reached £25,000. The target is £40,000.
Category: Donations
Garnock
Troon: Monday February 27, 1984, at 1135, Troon's 44ft Waveney class lifeboat, Connel Elizabeth Cargill, under the command of Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Johnson, left her mooring after reports that the tug Garnock had been damaged by an...
Relief - Mersey Class Royal Shipwright
HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the RNLI, aboard the relief Mersey class lifeboat Royal Shipwright after her naming ceremony at Greenwich. (Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Off on Passage - to Oslo!
The International Lifeboat Federation's 16th conference, held every four years in a different member country, was held in Oslo during the week commencing 3 June 1991, hosted by the Norwegian lifeboat service.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Her Naming Ceremony
Her naming ceremony held by the River Thames, the new relief 52ft lifeboat gave her demonstration run with the Houses of Parliament as her background.. - View image in PDF
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TORBAY, Sunday January 12, 1986: a 15-year-old boy had fallen 100 ft down a cliff to the south of Berry Head. A coastguard cliff rescue team had gone to his assistance and Torbay's 54 ft Arun class lifeboat, Edward Bridges, launched so...
Lionel Lukin,
Above: Lionel Lukin, 'the original inventor of that principle of safety'. Below: 'Unimmergible boats' - Lukin's 1806 patent relating to the forerunner of the modern lifeboat..
Category: Drawings
Bevan Bear
Bevan Bear, the Humber lifeboat appeal's mascot visits the children of the Froebelian School in Horsforth, Leeds. Photo Yorkshire Evening Post. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs