LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Lord Mayor of London Sir Charles Trinder Unveiled a Plaque on 4Th March 1969 to Commemorate the Foundation of the RNLI on 4Th March 1824 at 26 Bishopsgate
The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Charles Trinder, unveiled a plaque on 4th March, 1969, to commemorate the foundation of the R.N.L.I. on 4th March, 1824, at 26 Bishopsgate, London. It was on this site that a meeting was held which led to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Late Mr. Thos. Baring, M.P., Chairman of the Institution
THIS gentleman, who had been for nearly twenty years the much-respected Chairman of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, died at Bournemouth on the 18th Nov., after a lingering illness, extending over two years. He was in the 74th year of Ms...
Category: Obituaries
Lifeboat Services September October and November 1982
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ftArun: Octobers Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: September 19 and 26 Aith, Shetland 52ft Burnett: November 4 Amble, Northumberland 37ft 6in Rather: September 20 (twice) and October 16 Angle, Dyfed 46ft 9in Watson:...
Category: Services
Annual Report
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Mansion House, by the kind permission of the Eight Honourable The LORD MAYOR of London, on Tuesday the 11th day of May, 1875, His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE...
Category: Annual Reports
Some Ways of Raising Money
Mr John Skellorn, of the Gravesend Sailing Club, gives a tip about raising money by paperboat racing.
He writes: 'As far as we know, only Belfleet yacht club and ourselves have organised paperboat racing. It started...
Category: Articles
A Memorial to Richard Cowling, Who Was Coxswain of the Flamborough Life-Boat for 20 Years, Was Unveiled In Flamborough Church on 18th June
A memorial to Richard Cowling, who was coxswain of the Flamborough life-boat for 20 years, was unveiled in Flamborough church on 18th June. Here the Vicar (the Rev.
E. Appleyard) is pointing to the memorial stone which... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Three Letters of Thanks. From Navy, Air Service Training, and a Yachtsman
ON the 4th of February, as reported in the Spring Journal, 1951, the Camp- be! town life-boat helped the frigate Loch Fada, which had got into diffi- culties with the landing craft Stalker in tow. The Loch Fada's command- ing officer...
Category: Correspondence
Letters
Dear Editor, Scanning the letters page of the summer 2005 issue of the Lifeboat, my eye was caught by the small photograph of the Selsey lifeboat towing a cabin cruiser. Though the doctored picture featuring fearless towrope-walker Max...
Category: Correspondence
The Annual General Meeting
THE annual general meeting of the Governors of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 25th of March, 1958. The Earl Howe, Chairman of the Committee of Management, was in the...
Category: Meetings