LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Volunteer
DETAILS LATER On nth September, 1964, the lifeboat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty at Appledore, put out to the yacht Volunteer and rescued her crew of four. A full account of this service will appear in the March number of THE...
A Speed Boat (1)
TWO LIFE-BOAT MEN INJURED Falmouth, Cornwall. At 11.53 p.m.
on 7th August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a speed boat with three people on board was missing. The boat had last been seen twelve miles south of Falmouth....
Touring Headquarters After the Third Lotterydraw June Whitfield Said How Much She Would Like to Go Out In a Lifeboat Arrangements Were Made for Her and Terry Scott
Touring headquarters after the third lotterydraw, June Whitfield said how much she would like to go out in a lifeboat. Arrangements were made for her and Terry Scott to go out on trials of the 50ft Thames class lifeboat which will be... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sam Baxter
5am Baxter, president of Morecambe station branch, helps with a draw at Morecambe Yacht Club which raised more than £1,000 for the lifeboats. Ho/ding one of the prizes is the raffle promoter, Mrs Jean Kilpatrick. photograph by courtesy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dr Robert Rees Prytherch
April Dr Robert Rees Prytherch, a lifelong supporter of the RNLI who had been honorary medical adviser at Criccieth since 1956 and chairman of the station branch for many years. He was awarded the silver badge in 1966..
Category: Obituaries
100000 Membership Reached
Ewart Myer and Jim Meade, two of Shoreline's voluntary enrolling team, hard at work on the RNLI's London Boat Show stand: together with the other members of the team, they signed on a grand total of 1,179 new members.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
One of the New 17Ft 6In Twin-Engined C Class Inflatable Lifeboats
One of the new 17ft 6in twin-engined C class inflatable lifeboats preparing to go afloat after her official handing over at Criccieth last May. A report of the ceremony appeared on page 57 of the summer 1984 issue of THE LIFEBOAT. photograph... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Frozen Asset:
Frozen asset: the relief Waveney Khami on duty at Sheerness in January, pictured after a heavy overnight snowfall during the bad weather that month. The photograph was sent to us bv Coxswain Robin Castle, who drew our attention to the frozen... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Kilrush, on the Northern Side of the Approaches to the Shannon Will Become An Atlantic Lifeboat Station During 1995.
Kilrush, on the northern side of the approaches to the Shannon will become an Atlantic lifeboat station during 1995. The station will soon become a prominent feature at the point where the wall, to the right of the lock gates meets the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Fishy Tale
Following a recent letter to RNLI Honorary Librarian Barry Cox regarding a 4ft cast iron codfish collection box at Robin Hood's Bay, we have now established that 'the fish' is considerably older than we first thought - with... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs