LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain John Tallon of Clogher Head. He was appointed bowman in 1933, became second coxswain in 1938 and has been coxswain since 1946. During his service as a boat's officer Clogher Head life- boats...

End of an era...

Whenever a station changes lifeboats there is always a degree of sadness in handing back a trusted boat, tempered by the excitement of receiving a brand new vessel in its place. The Dover station's...

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WE annex a list of the various models and other articles which have been transmitted by the Royal National Life-boat Institution to the Paris Universal Exhibition.

I. We are glad to understand that these articles form not...

TWO MEN had been spending Sunday January 16 fishing off the western end of the Isle of Wight in an open 17ft dory. When, at 1530, they started to prepare for the return passage to Poole, their outboard engine failed. They were reported...

Beaumaris

Menai boat run sets new record

Now in its 10th year, East Cheshire Sub-Aqua Club’s Menai Boat Run had a record turnout in March for its weekend of diving and fun – with 278 divers and 35 boats...

The following letter and a cheque for 3Q dollars from Mr, Charles de Burgh Daly (Chuck Daly) was received by his aunt, Mrs. E. Stewart of Kilbrittain, Co. Cork, and forwarded to the Courtmacsherry life-boat branch: "The. White House,...

Far flung fame: Alistair Mdntosh of The United Kingdom Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific sent in this photograph to show the extent of the RNLI influence. The small boy in the middle of the picture is wearing an RNLI tee-shirt.... - View image in PDF