LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Prince Charles shakes hands and has a chat with Rock lifeboat crew members. Photo: John Beckett Photography. - View image in PDF

ON July 9th the St. Helier motor life- boat, Howard D. paid a visit to France at the invitation of La Socie'te' des Hospitaliers Sauveteurs Bretons. The visit was made possible by the good offices of Mons. J. Delalande, French consul...

VICTORIAN ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Now you can own a copy of the original one inch to the mile Victorian Ordnance Survey Map of your area.

Printed originally between 1805-1873 and measuring 30" x 40" when unfolded,...

SILVER MEDAL SERVICES AT BLACKPOOL AND LYTHAM - ST. ANNES Nov. 26TH. - BLACKPOOL, AND LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE; NEW BRIGHTON, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE ; RHYL, FLINTSHIRE. At noon on November 24th the pilot boat Charles Livingstone,...

DECEMBER 25TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. At 6.50 P.M. on Christmas Day information was received, through the coastguard, that distress signals had been seen, and the life-boat crew were assembled. At 7.35 P.M. the naval authorities reported that...

President's visit: The Duke of Kent with Coxswain Peter Bougourd aboard St Peter Port, Guernsey, lifeboat during a visit to the island in July. The RNLI's President met members of the lifeboat community and also the chairman and... - View image in PDF

Charles Bowry, staff coxswain from 1984 to 1986. He joined Sheerness lifeboat crew in 1969 as station mechanic and in 1970 was appointed Coxswain/Mechanic. In 1981 he was appointed Coxswain/Mechanic of Portpatrick lifeboat. 'Charlie'...

BY the death of Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I., the marine painter, on 12th September, at the age of sixty-one, the Institution has lost a valued and •generous friend. Mr. Dixon painted two of the outstanding life-boat services of recent years, the...