LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
When In Buckie the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh
A few days later, when in Buckie, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Jones Shipyard, where they saw the 48ft 6in Solent relief lifeboat The Royal British Legion Jubilee, which Her Majesty had named at Henley in 1972, ten years ago;... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Curved After End of the Tunnel Cant Is Built Up In Position of Agba Laminates Scarphed on to Solid Mahogany for the Straight Run Forward the Building Batten Can Once A
The curved after end of the tunnel cant is built up, in position, of agba laminates scarphed on to solid mahogany for the straight run forward. The building batten can once again be seen at the top of the picture.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Relief Tyne:
Relief Tyne: (above) After naming the new 47ft Tyne lifeboat RNLB Sam and Joan Woods at RNLI Pools depot quay on June 28, Mrs A. W. Hemsted was invited aboard; with her is Cdr Bruce Cairns, chief of operations.. - View image in PDF
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A Pram Dinghy
Blown offshore AT MERSEA ISLAND in the early evening of Sunday September 11, 1983, although the water was smooth off Cooper's Beach, a north-easterly near gale, force 7, was blowing off the shore and the tide was ebbing. At 1724 Thames...
Holyhead and District Guild
Holyhead and District guild held a coffee morning and annual prize draw in August which raised over £1,500. Anglesey MP Keith Best (r) was at the event and is seen here with (from I) Mrs Ethel Davidson, guild president, Mrs Mabel Self,... - View image in PDF
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Long Distance Walker
When 21-year-old Guy Pain arrived at Poole headquarters at 5 pm one August afternoon the office was closing but a special celebration in his honour was ready to begin. For Guy, who suffers the handicap of diabetes, had reached his...
Category: Donations
Portrait of a Coxswain
Coxswain Leo A. Clegg, D.S.C., D.A., of the Aberdeen life-boat Ramsay-Dyce, Appointed second coxswain in 1960, Coxswain Clegg, who is a lecturer at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, became coxswain later that year. Since 1960 the life-boat... - View image in PDF
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Upper Thames Branch
A small party of members of this branch visited the Depot at Boreham Wood on 6th October where they were received by Lieut.- Commander Harold Harvey, the Depot Superintendent, and Alasdair Garrett, secretary of the Association. After a tour...
Category: Branches
Lord Killanin (Left) President of the Olympic Games Who Is a Member of the Committee of Management of the RNLI and Dr Crochie President of the International Ya
Lord Killanin (left), president of the Olympic Games, who is a member of the Committee of Management of the R.N.L.I., and Dr. Crochie, president of the International Yachtsmen's Union, talk to Commander Leslie Hill, of the R.N.L.I., and... - View image in PDF
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The Internal Combustion Petrol Engine Was First Used to Convert Sailing and Pulling Lifeboats to Motor One of the First Purpose designed Motor Lifeboats Was John a Hay a 42Ft Self-Righter Built In 1
The internal combustion petrol engine was first used to convert sailing and pulling lifeboats to motor. One of the first purposedesigned motor lifeboats was John A. Hay. a 42ft self-righter built in 1908 and stationed at Stromness. She was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs