LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Indefatigable Chelsea Pensioners
The indefatigable Chelsea Pensioners collected a staggering £12,000 at the London Boat Show. From left to right: Robert Moy, Bert Spurdin, George Woolf, Dave Law and Doug Young.
Behind them are John Race (left) and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Scottish Experience
the whole of Scotland from the bottomof FrincesStwe t.
A multi media show portraying the rich tapestry of Scottish life.
A 40ft model Scotland with video and dramatic lighting effects. A shop full of...
Category: Advertisement
Over the Top
Over the top Daredevil gran, Barbara Page, threw caution to the wind in August by abseiling 325ft down Blackpool's fastest rollercoaster and raising over £1,000 for the lifeboats in the process.
Barbara, a member... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Getting the message
The RNLI is preparing for Summer with its updated beach safety messages.
Last year’s Beachwise message – to always swim at a lifeguarded beach – reached more than 25M people through its radio launch. At the end of the...
Category: Articles
The Naval Seaplane W2670
JULY 13TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 5 P.M. the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea half a mile east of Buchanness, and the motor life-boat .Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was launched at 5.5 P.M...
The Middle Gas Float
At about 10 P.M. on the 13th November the coxswain saw that the Middle Gas Float had broken from its mooring and was drifting out of the Humber, be- coming a danger to navigation. The sea was smooth, with a light southerly wind, and the...
The Balloon Vessel Thora
APRIL 26TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At 2.50 A.M. the naval authorities reported that the balloon vessel Thora had got on to the boom defence, but that the tug Yorkshireman was going to her help. A whole W.S.W. gale was...
The Institution's Treasurer
THE Earl of Harrowby, who has been the Institution's treasurer since 1899, resigned in November, 1946, and the Duke of Montrose, chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council, and a vicepresident of the Institution has accepted the...
Category: Articles
The Shooner Admiral Hood
On the 18th No- vember, the schooner Admiral Hood ran ashore on Yarmouth beach; a line was thrown over her by the Coast-guard, by means of the rocket apparatus, and the life- boat of the Institution was hauled off to her, when the crew, 5 in...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY-, 1st June, 1871: THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck and Reward Sub-Com-...
Category: Committee