LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Annual Meeting
THE annual meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 14th of March, 1956, with Lord Howe, Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Management, in the chair.
H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Presi- dent of the...
Category: Meetings
Freeman of the City:
Freeman of the City: Coxswain ten Patten of Newhaven (centre) was admitted to the Freedom of the City of London at a ceremony at the Guildhall, London, on December 17. He was nominated by Leonard Fernee (I), a freeman and liveryman of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management
Reported to the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management.
February Meeting.
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.—On the afternoon of the 8th January, the Avonmouth haven master...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1930
Persona Time of rescued from Launching. shipwreck.
3.45 p.m. S.S. Lestris, of Bruges. Sheringham Life-boat rendered assistance.
2.0 a.m. Steam trawler Braconmoor, of Aberdeen. Longhope...
Category: Services
The South Rock Lightvessel (1)
Cloughey, and Donaghadee, Co. Down.— At three o'clock in the morning of the 31st of January, 1950, the Tara coast- guard telephoned the Cloughey life- boat authorities that the South Rock lightvessel had fired a white rocket. At 3.15 he...
The S.S. Hopelyn (1)
The Service to the S.S. "Hopelyn." By Commander £. S. CARVER, R.D., R.N.R., Inspector of Life-boats for the Eastern District.
ON Friday, 20th October, at about 11 A.M., I arrived at the harbour at Gorleston....
Moving Model of a French Lifeboat Station Made By Alain and Philippe Nacass the Plastic Lifeboat on the Slipway Is a British 37' Oakley
Moving model of a French lifeboat station made by Alain and Philippe Nacass. The plastic lifeboat on the slipway is a British 37' Oakley.. - View image in PDF
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Crowds Thronged the Harbourside at Dingle to Watch Valentia's Arun Put on a Winching Exercise As Part of a Display Organised By the Irish Marine Emergency Ser
Crowds thronged the harbourside at Dingle to watch Valentia's Arun put on a winching exercise as part of a display organised by the Irish Marine Emergency Service.. - View image in PDF
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When the Wind Blows Up In Douglas Bay: Monas Queen Car Ferry from Liverpool Ploughing In Through This Year's January Gales Photograph By Courtesy of W S B
When the wind blows up in Douglas Bay: Monas Queen, car ferry from Liverpool, ploughing in through this year's January gales. . . . - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of W, S. Basnett. - View image in PDF
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Notes of the Quarter
THE first three months of 1958 have offered striking evidence of the help given by life-boats to a great variety of vessels serving the commerce of the country in different ways and, in particular, to fishing boats. Of the 106 launches by...
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