LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rotary Service and City of London Ii
This photograph of Rotary Service and City of London II was taken shortly after the Severn took up station duties at Dover and was the last outing for the Thames before her passage to Poole. - View image in PDF
Photo: Barry McGill. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
ST. ANDREW'S, FIFESHIRE.—A new lifeboat and transporting-carriage have been placed at St. Andrew's, and a Branch of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has been established there. This boat is on the selfrighting plan adopted by the...
Category: Articles
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
Coxswain's Certificate of Service.
COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, and a PENSION, have been awarded to : JOHN C. BYFORD, 6} years coxswain, 15} years second coxswain, and 18} years bowman of the Walton and...
Category: Awards
Two Life-Boat Families. The Wiggs, of Kessingland, and the Stone-Houses, of Teesmouth and Redcar
THE Institution, at the end of last year, awarded a special Vellum to Mr.
Edward Wigg, sen., of Kessingland, in recognition of the exceptional services which he and his family have rendered to the Life-boat Service. He...
Category: Articles
Violet Stephenson, Seaflower and Golden Gleam
Boulmer, Northumberland - At 1.25 p.m. on 8th August, 1967, concern was felt for three cobles salmon fishing off Alnmouth in deteriorating weather conditions. The life-boat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle was launched at 2.10 in a moderate...
The King and the Life-Boat Service
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 124 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 48 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to February 14th, 1935 - 63,938 The King and the Life-boat Service.
By...
Category: Articles
Life-Boat Lectures In Prisons
Two lectureson the life-boat service have been given recently in prisons. Captain Basil Hall, R.N., late district inspector of life-boats and a silver medallist of the Institution spoke at Wormwood Scrubbs, and Commander Charles Parker,...
Category: Articles
Awards to Honorary Workers
DURING April, May, June and July the following awards were made to Honorary Secretaries of Branches, and to other honorary workers in recogni- tion of their services in the cause of the Institution:— To Mr. S. J. R. LEGEHTON, on his...
Category: Awards
The Life-Boat's Air-Cases Can Be Seen Protruding from the Broken Hull and Scattered on the Rocks
The Life-Boat's Air-Cases Can Be Seen Protruding From The Broken Hull and Scattered on the Rocks. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BUDEHAVEN.—A new life-boat, on Mr PEAKE'S design, has been stationed at Budehaven on the north coast of Cornwall by the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck. Her dimensions are, length 27 ft., beam...
Category: Articles