LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boats of Six Countries on the Thames
LIFE-BOATS have already been seen on the Thames. In the Pageant of the Sea Services of the War, which was held on the Thames, in 1919, with the King in his Royal Barge at the head, two Life-boats took part, the steam Life-boat James Stevens...
Category: Articles
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1870
HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, F,C,in the Chair.
1.—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION for the current year:—(vide last...
Category: Meetings
(4)—Crew Rowing Out to the Life-Boat In the 25-Foot Boarding Boat. Seven Launchers Run on Before the Crew, to Pull the Boarding Boat Into the Landing Stage Ready for the Crew.
(4)—Crew rowing out to the life-boat in the 25-foot boarding boat. Seven launchers run on before the crew, to pull the boarding boat into the landing stage ready for the crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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
An Aeroplane (25)
MARCH 25TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At 10.55 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had come down in the sea one mile off Sandsend and that her crew had taken to their rubber dinghy. All the fishing boats...
Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
Royal National Institution FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
ESTABLISHED IN 1824.
SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
PATRONS.
HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY...
Category: Advertisement
None (46)
SEPTEMBER 27TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
Distress signals had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £8 8s..
Rugged In the Extreme Caithness Lifeboat Stations: Thurso and Wick By Joan Davies
In winter, on ten to fifteen days out of every month, winds will blow at force 7 or above around the north-eastern tip of Scotland. The waters of the Pentland and Moray Firths are some of the most notorious in the world. The mainland...
Category: Articles
The Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
FOR THE PRESERVATION OP LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
Obverse.—Bust of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; beneath, in minute letters, "L. C. Wyon.'r Double legend, " Royal National Life-boat Institution. Founded in 1824.<...
Category: Medals
Improved Rollers for Lifeboat Carriages and Skids
Is No. 43 of this Journal we described and illustrated the portable " Roller Skids " on which life-boats are hauled out of the wafer prior to placing them on their carriages, and in the 59th number an improved self-lubri- cating...
Category: Articles