LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Threesome
Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 3.43 p.m. on 3rd October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht with her engine broken down and her sail torn was firing flares four miles south south east of Ventnor. The life-boat...
Luncheon Honour
Coxswain John King, of Bridlington, Yorkshire, who won the Institution's bronze medal for gallantry in February, 1968, for the rescue of a woman from the German m.v. Maria F, attended the 'Men of the Year' luncheon at the Savoy...
Category: Awards
Dave Lee Travis
Dave Lee Travis draws the winning ticket of the Renault 5 car competition from a drum in a car boot on Renault's stand at the Earl's Court Motor Show. With him are (I) Peter Holness, membership secretary, and (r) Cdr Ted Pritchard... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Presentation of Token Cheque for £40000
Presentation of token cheque for £40,000, at end of fiveyear international sponsored swim project: (I to r) Harold Hassall, secretary ASA: Paul Lucas, special projects manager, Cadburys, sponsors, ASA club championships; Stephen Poulter... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Engraving By 'WWM'
An engraving by 'WWM', which first appeared in August 1871 showing a paddle steamer towing a lifeboat, went on to appear ten years later as the Ramsgate lifeboat at the wreck of the Indian Chief- an improbable scoop which was...
Category: Drawings
Prince Michael of Kent Was One of Several Distinguished Visitors to the Rnli's Stand
Prince Michael of Kent was one of several distinguished visitors to the RNLI's stand at the London Boat Show. He is pictured talking to Wells lifeboatmen 'Sonny' Warner (right) and James Case aboard the slation's new Mersey... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Below (Top and Centre Pictures) Germany Operates a 'Daughter Boat' System
Below (top and centre pictures). Germany operates a 'daughter boat' system with its large lifeboats. The mother ship is pictured, top, with her daughter boat, Onkel Willi, stowed aft and ready for launching from a ramp at the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Andrew Mcdonald (Right) Hands Over His Painting to Commemorate the Rescue of the Yacht Whisky Mac to Steve Shaw,
Andrew McDonald (right) hands over his painting to commemorate the rescue of the yacht Whisky Mac to Steve Shaw, coxswain of the Alderney lifeboat, in the Training Centre at the RNLI's Poole headquarters.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Flower of Ross
HOLY ISLAND.—On the night of the 6th November a tar barrel was seen burning near the shore opposite Ross Links. The wind was blowing •with, almost hurricane force from S. by E., rain and sleet were falling, and the night was intensely...
Life-Saving By the Coastguard In 1934
DURING 1934 the coastguard organiza- tion was required to take action (sometimes only of a precautionary nature) in the case of 797 vessels observed or reported to be in distress, in difficulties, or overdue, off the coasts of Great Britain...
Category: Articles