LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Four Sons, Sarah Elizabeth and Betty II
At 7.30 A.M.
on the 5th November the local fishing cobles Four Sons, Sarah Elizabeth and Betty II put out to the fishing grounds During the morning the wind backed into the north-east and increased to a strong gale, with...
Lifeboat Museums and Display Centres By Richard Mann Display Manager
THE RNLI HAS SEVERAL small museums and display centres around the coast where those in search of lifeboat history can find model lifeboats, collections of paintings and photographs, perhaps some examples of equipment no longer used, or...
Category: Articles
Lifeboats at war
75 years ago the British Navy attempted an audacious wartime operation. It would change the course of the Second World War – and challenge our lifeboats to tackle a very different kind of...
Category: Articles
HSL
HSL Make sitting & sleeping easier If you buy 2 of our chairs or beds & they cost more than a 'buy one get one free' offer,,, WE WILL REFUND THE DIFFERENCE* No sales person will call BACK-CARE CHAIRS - nuiny innlck. /OTUN Jj...
Category: Advertisement
A light in the Darkness
Tonnes of timber were heaped along the English south coast last Winter – but what became of the cargo ship’s crew? Carol Waterkeyn hears the full story of Ice Prince, the men who went to her aid, and the RNLI’s first Silver Medal for 3...
Category: Articles
Shoreline
Special message to Shoreline members from RNLI director, Rear Admiral W. J. Graham: 7 want to thank all those Shoreline members and governors who have responded so promptly to our request to raise their subscription to the level of the new...
Category: Articles
Two Teams of 16 Rowers Took Turns to Achieve a 24-Hour Sponsored Row In Plymouth Sound
Two teams of 16 rowers took turns to achieve a 24-hour sponsored row in Plymouth Sound.
They came from the Plymouth School of Maritime Studies and organised the strenuous event themselves under the guidance of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Launches
Aberdeen ON-1248 (17-24): Apr12.Api23, MaylS May31 0-536: Apr12. Apr14. Apr23, Apr24.
Mayl 3 Abetdovey B-758: Mar3D. Mar31. May6(x2), MaylS. May25 Abersoch B-582: MayS. MayS. May16 Abarystwyth B-704: Mar27. Apr21. Mayl....
Category: Services
Best Wreck Service of the Year. Three Scottish Life-Saving Companies Share Prize
LIFE-SAVING Apparatus Companies in the Hebrides and the Shetland Isles share the award of the Minister of Transport's shield for the best wreck service of the year 1963-4. The shield will be held for six months by the Port Ellen and Mull...
Category: Awards