LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Lifeboat Fleet
Name AJfi & LG Undge Albert Brown Alec and Christina Dykes Aleiander Coutanche Andy Pearce Ann and James Ritchie Ann Lewis Fraser Anna Livia Annie Blaker Austin Lidbury Babs and Agnes Robertson Baidaycard Crusader Bingo Lifeline Blue...
Category: Articles
Two Sailing Dinghies
OVERTURNED DINGHIES At 11.44 a.m. on loth June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small yacht in the direction of Penrhos Bay appeared to be in difficulties. A helicopter had been alerted and had already set out. The...
Photographic Proof of the Unlikely Rumour That a Philanthropic Gorilla Was Spotted at the Earls Court Boat Show Whether It Was Fear That Encouraged the Public to Fill His Box Or Whether It Was the I
Photographic proof of the unlikely rumour that a philanthropic gorilla was spotted at the Earls Court Boat Show. Whether it was fear that encouraged the public to fill his box or whether it was the irresistible music of his pirate captor is... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 7th January, 1886.
EDWARD BIRKBECK, Esq., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the pre- vious meeting. Also read those of the Finance and Correspondence and Wreck and...
Category: Committee
Ceremonies
The weather forecast promised heavy rain and strong winds - and how accurate it was! The guests assembled at the naming ceremony of the Trent class lifeboat Esme Anderson at Ramsgate on 25 October 1994 braced themselves for all that the...
Category: Inaugurations
Cergio
HELP FOR YACHT AFTER TOW-ROPE PARTS St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Cergio was in tow of the French trawler Belle Garce thirteen...
Malcolm Wood Second Officer of Townsend Thoresen's Baltic Ferry
Malcolm Wood, second officer of Townsend Thoresen's Baltic Ferry walked 200 miles for the Harwich lifeboat. The sponsored walk from St Bees Head in Cumbria to Whitbv High Light in Yorkshire look II days and raised over il ,000. Malcolm... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Index to the Branches
PAGE ABERDARE. . . 583 ABERDEEN , . .557 ABERDOVEY . . 585 ABERSOOH . . . 581 ABERYSTWITH 579, 580 ACCRINGTON . . 506 ACKERGILL . . 561 ALDEBURQB . . 534 ALLOA . . . . 561 ALNMOUTH. . . 527 ANGLE . . . . 685 ANGLESEY . . .679 ANSTRUTHEB . ....
Category: Branches
Radar Was First Installed In a Lifeboat 1963 the Boat Being Stationed at Yarmouth In the Isle of Wight. the Cost of the Set Was Largely Paid for By a Fund Started By Admir
'Radar was first installed in a lifeboat in 1963, the boat being stationed at Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight. The cost of the set was largely paid for by a fund started by admirers of Joseph Conrad as a memorial to the great writer'... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 10th April, 1913.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.
The Committee expressed deep regret at the death of Admiral J. HALLIDAY CAVE, G.B., V.P., who had been a member of...
Category: Committee