LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management
For which Rewards were given at the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At about 5 P.M. on the 21st August, an open out- board motor boat, with three men and...
Category: Services
Above: Poster By Michael Downs Aged 14 of Carleton Skipton Yorks (11 Years and Over)
Above: Poster by Michael Downs, aged 14, of Carleton, Skipton, Yorks. - View image in PDF
(11 years and over); right: Poster by Stephen Coles, aged 9, of Billericay, Essex (8 to 10 years).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Star Wars and lifeboats
The producers of legendary movie franchise Star Wars have shown their support of lifesavers- not lightsabers- by making a sizeable donation to Co Kerry's Valentia Lifeboat Station.
While...
Category: Articles
Annual Report
At the Annual General Meeting of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the London Tavern on Tuesday the 17th day of March, 1863, The Eight Honourable LORD LOVAINE, M.P., P.O., in the Chair, The following Report of the Committee was...
Category: Annual Reports
Award for Bravest Act of Life-Saving
THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life-boat crew in 1958 has been won by Motor Mechanic Michael Peters of St. Ives for the rescue of a party who were marooned in a cave on the 9th of August, 1958. A...
Category: Awards
When Rnlb Shoreline Was Due to Leave William Osborne's Yard at Littlehampton for Her Station Last August Her Shoreline Flag Had Not Arrived the 5Th Littlehampton Sea Scout Troop (A Group M
When RNLB Shoreline was due to leave William Osborne's yard at Littlehampton for her station last August her Shoreline flag had not arrived. The 5th Littlehampton Sea Scout Troop (a group member) was proud to present its flag to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Eye for Detail In Lifeboat Design
IN THE AUTUMN issue we published two pictures illustrating lifeboat propeller tunnel construction.
Here to round off the story is a photograph of the same detail in a completed 48' 6" Solent slipway lifeboat. Note...
Category: Articles
A long trawl
Second Coxswain Martyn Hagan was just sitting down to his tea on 26 June when a call came through from Humber Coastguard. ‘We have a little job for you,’ the Coastguard said. The ‘little’ job involved rescuing the 18m Hartlepool-registered...
Category: Articles
The Met Office
DIAL BEFORE YOU SAIL PORTSMOUTH BRIGHTON BOURNEMOUTH Now, before sailing, you can check the latest coastal weather conditions anywhere in the UK, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — simply by picking up your telephone.
The...
Category: Advertisement
(Right) When Hm Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Visited Hastings Last June All the Lifeboat Crew and Launchers Were Introduced to Her Coxswain Joe Martin (Behi
(Right) When HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother visited Hastings last June all the lifeboat crew and launchers were introduced to her. Coxswain Joe Martin (behind Her Majesty) presents ILB crew members II. to r.) Peter Thorpe, Christopher... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs