LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Canadian's Legacy
IN December, 1928, the Institution received the following letter from Mill- brook, Ontario, Canada :— " In the Toronto, Can., Globe of Dec. 8th, I saw an interesting article about the work of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. I...
Category: Donations
Awards to Honorary Workers
Honorary Life-Governors.
Lady DOROTHY D'OYLY CARTE has been appointed an honorary life-governor of the Institution in recognition of the valuable services which she has rendered to the life-boat cause in...
Category: Awards
A Rowing Boat (3)
AUG. 1ST. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
Three men, visitors to Moelfre, who were out in a rowing boat, got into difficulties in the strong tide. They signalled for help. The weather was fine, with a moderate S.W. wind and a slight...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
EXMOUTH, DEVON.—A new Life-boat has been placed on this Station, in lieu of the old boat, and the gift by Mrs. JOSEPH SOMES of Annery House, North Devon, of 3,0001. to the Institution to defray the cost of a Life-boat and its permanent...
Category: Articles
Life-Preservers on Board Passenger-Ships
"WE have in different parts of this Journal pointed out the advisability that we believe exists for providing on board all vessels, and especially on board passenger-ships, some provision for decreasing the risk of life to those on...
Category: Correspondence
Julian Paul
Ten hour service to disabled fishing vessel in gale force winds The coxswains of both the Penlee and Sennen Cove lifeboats, Neil Brockman and Terry George, have been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal following a joint service to a...
Life-Boat for Italy Under Construction
The first two life-boats for the Italian life-boat service, which is about to be formed, will both be of the 52-foot Barnett type. They are being built by Groves and Guttridge at Cowes.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Three New Members of Whitby D Class Inflatable Lifeboat Crew
Three new members of Whitby D class inflatable lifeboat crew, Michael Readman, David Smith and Glenn Goodberry, took a smaller inflatable craft than the one to which they are accustomed down the River Esk from Grosmont to Whitby swing bridge... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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AUGUST 11TH. - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
Two women and a child were marooned on rocks between Tresaith and Penbryn Sands by the tide, but they decided to remain until the tide went out, and the life-boat was recalled. -...
Give it a go: Coastal birdwatching
As nesting season begins this month, RSPB Warden Paul Morrison shares some of the winged wonders along our coastlines
No one sets foot on Coquet Island, just off the Northumberland coast, except a lucky team who live in...
Category: Articles