LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Some Ways of Raising Money
Last year some boys belonging to the Bluebird Navigators visited the RNLI Depot at Boreham Wood with Mr Jim Garrard, of Kesgrove, Suffolk, their leader. Mr Garrard puts on his static displays for the RNLI all around the east coast and does...
Category: Articles
Just One of the Many Naming Ceremonies for Inshore Lifeboats Held In Wales During September
Just one of the many naming ceremonies for inshore lifeboats held in Wales during September - the D class at Conwy. Miss Joan Bate names the station's new D class Arthur Bate after her brother who provided the legacy which funded the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Notes of the Quarter By Patrick Howarth
A LIFEBOAT DISASTER may have been narrowly averted last December. Soon after the Padstow lifeboat had launched late in the evening of December 7, she was struck by three exceptionally heavy seas. A considerable weight of water dropped almost...
Category: Articles
The Value of a Life
No one can calculate the full value of a life saved, but in The Lifeboat for March, 1929, we published a calculation made by an Assurance Company which showed the minimum value, that is to say, the cost of providing the dependents of a man...
Category: Articles
Even More on the Lagos Pilot Boat
Even more on the Lagos Pilot Boat I have been following the letters on the Lagos pilot boat with interest. This is partly because the Queen was originally propelled by water jets and the photograph with Mr Powell's letter in the Autumn... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Miss Clare Francis Mbe Guest Speaker at the Presentation of Awards Meeting Ended Her Speech By Making a Surprise Presentation of Her Own on Behalf of the Who
Miss Clare Francis, MBE, guest speaker at the presentation of awards meeting, ended her speech by making a surprise presentation of her own. On behalf of the whole crew of ADC Accutrac, the yacht which she skippered in the Whitbread... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Category: Advertisement
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 12th October, 1911.
The Right Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance...
Category: Committee
Memories of International Conferences By Patrick Howarth
The first international lifeboat conference was held in London in 1924, the centenary year of the RNLI; the first international lifeboat exhibition is being held at Plymouth this summer to celebrate our 150th...
Category: Articles
The Five Medallists Arrive at Tower Pier for a 'Photocall' on the Morning of the Presentation of Awards With Hms Belfast Providing the Backdrop
The five medallists arrive at Tower Pier for a 'photocall' on the morning of the presentation of awards, with HMS Belfast providing the backdrop.
They are (from left to right) Shane Coleman (Second Coxswain/Mechanic... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs