LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
September
Launches 29. Lives rescued 42.
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT BARRA ISLAND SEPTEMBER 5TH. - BARRA ISLAND, AND STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES.
At 7 o’clock in the morning a message came from the coastguard that a vessel...
Category: Services
What Are Lifeboats Made Of? By James Paffett Rcnc Ceng Frina Honfni Frsa Chairman of the Technical Consultative Committee
For modern boats there is a choice. Wood, glass reinforced plastic, steel and aluminium are all very good, well tried materials. The first three have all been used for RNLI lifeboat hulls while aluminium is used for superstructures. All have...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boat Enthusiasts' Society
The idea of forming a society to cater for those with technical or historical interests in the life-boat service was suggested by Mr. JohnG. Francis in the early summer of last year. A letter from Mr. Francis on the subject in the June 1964...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (36)
OCTOBER 10TH. - KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..
News from the Branches. 1st May to 31st July, 1935
1st May to 31st July, 1935.
Greater London.
Prince of Wales Day for the life-boats was held in Greater London, on 21st May, in Acton and Chiswick, Ashford, Barnes, Battersea, Beckenham, Bermondsey,...
Category: Branches
Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 5th July, 1855. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence and the Wreck and Reward...
Category: Committee
The Value of Wireless
A Bronze Medal Service by the Torbay Motor Life-boat.
ON the night of 30th December, 1935, the motor life-boat at Torbay carried out a service which showed in a striking way the value of wireless in life-boat...
Category: Services
The Fund Raisers
Some ways of filling the coffers… Society pledge In 1990, the Bristol and West Building Society ran a vendor guarantee scheme whereby £100 was pledged to charity for every case proved where the society failed to meet certain standards....
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter
ON MARCH 4, 1984, the RNLI will celebrate the 160th anniversary of its foundation in 1824. The event in itself is perhaps of minor importance—just another milestone—but what it represents is of far greater significance: the unbroken record...
Category: Articles
The Motor Fishing Coble Hilda
DECEMBER 21ST. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At about 3.25 P.M. the coastguard telephoned to the life-boat coxswain that the motor fishing coble Hilda, of Scarborough, was in distress. A strong southerly wind was blowing, with a...