LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 21st February, 1924.
The Hon. GEORGE COLVILLE in the Chair Decided to dose the Eastbourne No. 1 Life boat Station.
Reported the receipt of the following special contributions :— £ s. Mr....
Category: Committee
International Call...
The RNLI's Head of Public Relations, Edward Wake-Walker, reports from the International Lifeboat Conference in UruguayA hundred or so delegates from 26 different countries gathered in Montevideo, Uruguay, for the 17th International...
Category: Meetings
The Running:
• The running: crossing the line after 26 miles and 385 yards is Cliff Deane (No 8945), the author's husband, who was one of the stalwart band of RNLI supporters who ran the London Marathon to raise money for the lifeboats . .... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Colleagues from the Sky By Georgette Purches
Following a recent visit to the West Country, Georgette Purches, assistant public relations officer for the RNLI, explains the organisation behind the RAF and Royal Navy helicopter rescue services. She was also in the right place at the...
Category: Articles
Don Bosco
FIREMEN TAKEN TO BELGIAN TRAWLER Selsey, Sussex. At 8.20 on the morning of 4th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a trawler, later identified as the Belgian trawler Don Bosco, had her engine room on fire, and...
New Life-Boats
CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.—The Life-boat which has done duty at Cress- well since 1889 has been replaced by a new boat of the self-righting Ruble type, 34 ft. long by 8 ft. wide, fitted with one water-ballast tank and rowing 10 oars double...
Category: Inaugurations
30,000Th Member for Offshore
Roger Tomkins from Norwich has become the 30,000th person to join the RNLI's membership grade for sea users. Offshore. To mark the occasion, marketing manager David Brann presented a delighted Roger, accompanied by Sarah Shadbolt, with a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of Accounts for 1978
A VISUAL REPRESENTATION Full accounts are available from Poole headquarters and a detailed report of the annual general meeting held on May 22 at the National Film Theatre, London, will be published in the autumn issue of THE...
Category: Accounts
52' Arun Class Lifeboat (Beam 17') Is Self-Righting First Three Boats Built of Cold Moulded Wood; Later Ones Will Be of Grp Twin Caterpillar Marine Diesel Engines Each De
52' Arun class lifeboat (beam 17') is self-righting. First three boats built of cold moulded wood; later ones will be of grp. Twin Caterpillar marine diesel engines, each developing 460 bhp, give speed of about 19 knots.
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Category: Photographs
Lottery
LOtteRY Lottery lifesavings When it comes to saving lives at sea, £200,000 is a great deal of money to raise. Luckily, improvements to the Lifeboat Lottery will save the RNLI approximately this much in administration – every year....
Category: Articles