LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—Signals of distress being shown by a schooner passing Castletown Bay to the eastward, making rapidly towards Langness Point, and apparently in a helpless condition during a gale of wind from the N.W. with snow...
Category: Services
Honour
The Life-boat Co-operator No. 2 was called out during the afternoon of the 8th May, a small vessel having been observed in difficulties off the " Hangman," near Combmartin. The sea was heavy with a moderate gale blowing and weather...
Ceremonies
Anstruther - Mersey class Kingdom of Fife The picturesque Fife harbour of Anstruther basked in glorious sunshine on 29 May 1992 for the launch of the station's new lifeboat Kingdom of Fife by HRH The Duchess of...
Category: Inaugurations
Naming Ceremonies and Dedications
Exmouth A WARM SUMMER'S DAY on the South Devon coast, royal visitors and a naming ceremony were guaranteed to bring holidaymakers, local inhabitants and lifeboat supporters to every vantage point in and around the Exmouth docks when...
Category: Inaugurations
Longhope and Lyme Regis Accident Inquiries
THE LOSS of the whole crew of eight of the Longhope life-boat, which capsized on the evening of 17th March, 1969, was reported in the June number of THE LIFE-BOAT. When the June number went to press the circumstances attending the disaster...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 9th January, 1902.
Captain the Hon. JOHN M. YORKE, R.N., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Reported that His Majesty THE KING had...
Category: Committee
Ceremonies
There was an expectant buzz around the Scarborough boathouse as the crowd awaited the arrival of HRH The Duchess of Kent in the warm, late summer sunshine on 9 September 1992. In a lively and enthusiastic speech by branch president Gilbert...
Category: Inaugurations
Mercantile Credit
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Category: Advertisement
A Tug
Tug escorted YARMOUTH COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Wells lifeboat station at 1245 on Monday April 11, 1983, that Dockman, a 70ft ex-river tug which had been on passage from London to Newcastle but whose radar and compass...