LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Civil Service Life-Boats
Inaugural Ceremonies at Donaghadee (Co. Down) and Whitehills (Banffshire).
DURING the present year the Inaugural Ceremonies have taken place of two new Motor Life-boats which are gifts to the Institution from the Civil...
Category: Inaugurations
Tim Vincent Is Presented With a Memento of the Naming of Blue Peter V By Adam Simms and Caroline Mcvea.
Tim Vincent is presented with a memento of the naming of Blue Peter V by Adam Simms and Caroline McVea.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A New Life-Boat Was Named Vincent Nesfield By Mr Esmond Knight the Actor at a Ceremony at Eastbourne on 9Th April 1969 the Life-Boat Was Provided from the Proceed
A new life-boat was named Vincent Nesfield by Mr. Esmond Knight, the actor, at a ceremony at Eastbourne on 9th April, 1969. The life-boat was provided from the proceeds of the Joyce Giddins Fund and two legacies. She has joined the reserve... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
DOVER.—While a strong gale was blow- ing from N.E., accompanied by a heavy sea, on the 25th March, 1898, two vessels in the bay showed signals of distress, and at 10 A.M. the Life-boat Lewis Morice put off to their assistance. She first...
Category: Services
The Steamer Ypapanti Aground on a Bank Near the Sunk Lightvessel on 17th November 1966
The steamer Ypapanti aground on a bank near the Sunk lightvessel on 17th November 1966. Coxswain Frank Bloom, of the Walton life-boat, was awarded a bronze medal for gallantry for the rescue of 11 men from her.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
"The Merchant Shipping Bill of 1869." (Second Article.)
IN our last Number we gave a summary of this most important Bill, which we trust will be consummated as the " Merchant Shipping Act, 1870," in the next Session of Parliament.
We likewise commented on those...
Category: Articles
The Prince of Wales and the Hastings Life-Boat
WHEN the Prince of Wales visited Hastings on 6th April to open the White Rock Pavilion and the new Promenade, he went aboard the Life-boat which was drawn up outside the Life-boat House. Beside the House the fishermen had built a remarkable...
Category: Articles
(Below) Lifeboat House Isolated In Wild Seas As the Pier on Either Side Falls Before the Storm Photograph By Courtesy of the Daily Telegraph
(Below) Lifeboat house isolated in wild seas as the pier on either side falls before the storm. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of The Daily Telegraph. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Day In the Life Of...
Jon Jones, The Lifeboat's editorial assistant, looks at the work of George Rawlinson, Divisional Inspector {Dl) of lifeboats for the South .
The title 'inspector' had always caused me to form a mental image in...
Category: Articles
The Fund Raisers
Concerted efforts Worcester guild has a particular talent for turning musical notes into pound notes. In May 1984 a concert given by Scottish baritone, Peter Morrison, in conjunction with the Hereford Police Choir, raised £362.25, while...
Category: Articles