LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Blue Bell
Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 4.43 p.m. on 1st May, 1969, a local resident told the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing flares about one mile east of the life-boat station. At 4.54 the life-boat Jesse Lumb slipped her moorings in a...
In the Name of Humanity Courage Dedication and Skill I Declare This Stone Well and Truly Laid' With These Words Commander F R H Swann CBE Rnvr Chairman of Th
'In the name of humanity, courage, dedication and skill, I declare this stone well and truly laid.' With these words, Commander F. R. H. Swann, CUE RNVR, chairman of the Institution laid the foundation stone of the new RNLI... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 1st Oct., 1874 -. ; THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of the Institution, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of One previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and Wreck...
Category: Committee
An Injured Man Stepping Ashore from the Cromer Life-Boat Ruby and Arthur Reed After Being Taken from a Boat Off West Runton Norfolk on 3Rd March 1968
An injured man stepping ashore from the Cromer life-boat Ruby and Arthur Reed after being taken from a boat off West Runton, Norfolk, on 3rd March, 1968.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Jubilee of the Walton and Frinton Station
THE life-boat station at Walton-on-the- Naze and Frinton, Essex, celebrated its jubilee with a dinner on 17th November. Fifty years before, almost to a day, on 18th November, 1884, the inaugural ceremony was held of the first* Walton...
Category: Articles
In Trifle a 40' Trimaran Built at Wadesbridge In 1966 General Farrant Found a Cruising Boat Which Would Plane Like a Dinghy In Her He Held the Record for the Offshore Cryst
In Trifle, a 40' trimaran built at Wadesbridge in 1966, General Farrant found a cruising boat which would plane like a dinghy. In her he held the record for the offshore Crystal Trophy race from 1968-1975—and completed a Round the Island... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Danny La Rue
It was far from being a drag for Danny La Rue to open the summer fair organised by Bridlington ladies' lifeboat guild. He is seen here with Australian pianist Wayne King signing the guild's special table cloth which carries the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Scottish Lifeboat Council Annual General Meeting
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Scottish Lifeboat Council was held in The Freemason's Hall, Edinburgh, on May 23 this year. Captain Alexander Ramsay of Mar, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Council, was in the chair at the...
Category: Meetings
Marika II
YACHT IGNORES FLARES AND SIGNALS Whitby, Yorkshire. About 11.20 on the night of Saturday the 17th of August.
1963, the coastguard reported to the honorary secretary that a yacht was standing into danger near Saltwick...
Fig 2: Engine Beds In Place Note Bulkhead at Forward End of Engine Room (Right)
Fig. 2: Engine beds in place. Note bulkhead at forward end of engine room (right).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs