LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ireland, of Liverpool
On the i afternoon of the 5th January, information reached this place that a large ship, with her foremast gone, was in distress 'in Car- digan Bay, about eight miles to the south- ward of Pencilan. The wind was blowing very strong at...
Inaugural Ceremony of the "Duke of Connaught" at Peterhead. The Duke of Atholl Speaking, With the Marquess of Aberdeen on His Left
Inaugural Ceremony of the "Duke of Connaught" at Peterhead The Duke of Atholl Speaking With The Marquess of Aberdeen On His Left. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Centenary of Scottish Station
THE hundredth anniversary of the establishment of a life-boat station at Kirkcudbright was commemorated at a ceremony at the harbour on the 19th July, when Lord Saltoun, Convener of the Scottish Life-boat Council, and a member of the...
Category: Articles
Patrick Howarth: RNLI Public Relations Officer for More Than a Quarter of a Century
WHEREIN LIES the essence of good public relations? Who better to ask than Patrick Howarth, for more than a quarter of a century public relations officer of the RNLI? His answer is predictably clear-cut and to the point: 'First of all in...
Category: Articles
Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 6. Mr. G. L. Thomson, J.P., Honorary Secretary of the Stromness Branch
THE most northerly of all the Institution's Life-boat Stations is at Stromness on the west coast of Mainland or Pomona, the largest of the f i f t y - s i x i s l a n d s which form the Orkneys. There was a still more northerly Station...
Category: Articles
Raf Personnel and Their Families Stationed at Wildenrath, Germany, Raised More Than £6,000 for the RNLI In One Year. After the Presentation of the Cheque, Command
RAF personnel and their families stationed at Wildenrath, Germany, raised more than £6,000 for the RNLI in one year. After the presentation of the cheque, Commander Swann took Group Captain Tetley and Squadron Leader Adams on a tour of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Entertainment of Gold Medallists and Crews
APART from the inspection of the Life-boats on the Thames and the visit to Fulham, everything was done by the Institution, with much generous help from others, to give the British and foreign Life-boatmen a good time while they were in...
Category: Articles
Services of the Life-Boats In December, 1950, January and February, 1951. 135 Lives Rescued
DURING December life-boats went out on service 40 times and rescued 60 lives.
PROPELLER FOULED, ANCHOR CHAIN BROKEN Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—At five o'clock on the evening of the 1st of December, 1950, distress signals...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
THE year 1903 has come and gone, and we are glad to be able to congratulate most cordially all the Life-boat Saturday workers throughout the United Kingdom on the almost unexpected success which accompanied their zealous and self- denying...
Category: Services
Sybil, of Yarmouth
The first Life- boat service in the year 1872 was, that on the 1st January, by the boat on this station, it happening to be the only service performed by a Life-boat of the Institution on New Year's Day, 1872.
The...