LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Awards to Coxswains Crews and Shore Helpers
The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations, were awarded a annuity, gratuity or...
Category: Awards
Per Mare, Per Terram
THE above well-known motto of the British "Royal Marines " has been nobly illustrated by the deeds of that dis- tinguished corps in every part of the globe, and wherever, on land or sea, its services have been required, its famous...
Category: Articles
Life-Boats Made An Extensive Search for Survivors from the Motor Cruiser Darlwin Which Disappeared With Little Trace Off the South West Coast In July, 1966
Life-boats made an extensive search for survivors from the motor cruiser Dor/win which disappeared with little trace off the south west coast in July, 1966. Here the Falmouth life-boat is shown returning with flag at half-mast, with the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
LIV. BULL BAY (Anglesey) The Curling, 34 feet by 7£ feet, 10 oars.
"READER, have you ever been at Ply- mouth?" asks the versatile Captain Fred- erick Marryatt in opening one of the happiest productions of...
Category: Articles
New Device for Helicopter Rescues
LIEUT.-COMMANDER JOHN SPKOVLE, R.N., Commanding Officer of the Royal Naval Air Sea Rescue Unit at Ford, in Sussex, has designed a scoop for rescu- ing people from the sea by helicop- ter.
When not in use the net of the...
Category: Articles
Three Canoeists Who Last Year Made the First Ever Canoe Expedition By Coastal and Inland Waters from John O' Groats to Lands End Present a Cheque for £500 to Jo
Three canoeists who, last year, made the first ever canoe expedition by coastal and inland waters from John O' Groats to Lands End, present a cheque for £500 to John Lunch, a member of the Committee of Management, at the centre pool... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In deep water
Few people living inland would expect to rely on the RNLI to keep safe in their own communities but this was the reality for many driven from their homes by fl ooding in September 2008. The town of Morpeth, Northumberland, was worst hit when...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 8th May, 1902.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Mr David F Aubrey Honorary Secretary of the Port Talbot Ilb Station Writes: "The Mayor on December 8 1972 Invited the Crew for Tea In His Parlour
Mr David F. Aubrey, honorary secretary of the Port Talbot ILB station, writes: "The Mayor on December 8, 1972, invited the crew for tea in his parlour, and during the afternoon lie agreed to sign up for Shoreline and gave the project... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Three Motor Life-Boat Launches. Kingstown, Baltimore and St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly
SINCE the last number of The Life-Boat appeared, the inauguration ceremonies of three new Motor Life-boats have taken place, of the Dunleary, at Kingstown— her splendid voyage from Cowes to Ireland was described by Commander Stopford C....
Category: Inaugurations