LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Means of Saving Life
The extent of the means for saving life at present is comprised in the following meagre statement, which we copy from the Northumberland Report*:— " In Scotland, with a seaboard of 1,500 miles, there are eight life-boats: at...
Category: Articles
Miss Lucy
ESCORT FOR TWO Torbay, Devon. At about 10 p.m. on ist April, 1964, a shipping agent at Exmouth informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel The Duchess had found a catamaran with four people on board 15 miles south-east of Berry...
Decks Awash In a Near Gale Padstow's 48' 6" Oakley Lifeboat James and Catherine Macfarlane Tows Home the 90' Beam Fishing Trawler Elizabeth Ann Webster Which Ha
Decks awash in a near gale, Padstow's 48' 6" Oakley lifeboat, James and Catherine Macfarlane, tows home the 90' beam fishing trawler, Elizabeth Ann Webster, which had broken down off Tintagel Head. Photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Scene In Old Market Square Nottingham As the Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Mrs 1 F Matthews Welcomed Everyone to the Handing Over Ceremony of Rnlb Nottinghamshir
The scene in Old Market Square, Nottingham, as the Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Mrs 1. F.
Matthews, welcomed everyone to the handing over ceremony of RNLB Nottinghamshire.
photograph by courtesy of Jeff... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Raf Personnel and Their Families Stationed at Wildenrath, Germany, Raised More Than £6,000 for the RNLI In One Year. After the Presentation of the Cheque, Command
RAF personnel and their families stationed at Wildenrath, Germany, raised more than £6,000 for the RNLI in one year. After the presentation of the cheque, Commander Swann took Group Captain Tetley and Squadron Leader Adams on a tour of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Blue Star
New Quay, Cardiganshire - At 11.15 p.m. on 27th June, 1967, it was learned that the speed boat Blue Star with one man on board was overdue from a fishing trip. The life-boat St. Albans was launched at 12.07 a.m. on 28th in a gentle north...
Mrs Ivy Ball,
Mrs Ivy Ball, vice president of the Wellington branch. She was founder member of the branch which formed in 1938 and secretary from 1951 to 1975. She was awarded the silver badge in 1958..
Category: Obituaries
Feature Lifeboats on the Thames
On 20 August 1989 the pleasure cruiser Marchioness and dredger Bowbelle collided on London's River Thames beneath Southwark Bridge. The accident, which cost the lives of 51 people, led to demands for a fundamental review of emergency...
Category: Articles
Dear reader
Do you know the three big targets we’re working towards as a lifesaving charity? As our Chairman Charles Hunter-Pease explained at our AGM in May, we aim to bring our entire all-weather lifeboat fleet up to a speed of 25 knots by 2019,...
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A Happy Interlude When Princess Alexandra Visited Stockport In March: Arriving at the Town Hall for Lunch the Princess Met the Local Branch Crew of Lifeboat Auxiliaries
A happy interlude when Princess Alexandra visited Stockport in March: arriving at the Town Hall for lunch, the Princess met the local branch crew of lifeboat auxiliaries, some wearing their red stocking hats. She told them that when visiting... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs