LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Mansell, K.C.V.O., C.B.E., D.L., J.P.
The committee of management also regret the death of another colleague, Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Mansell, K.C.V.O., C.B.E., D.L., J.P., an Elder Brother of Trinity House, who died on 26th April, at the age of...
Category: Obituaries
Coxswain Richard Jones
COXSWAIN RICHARD JONES of Holy- head died on the 13th of November, 1955, at the age of 56. He first joined the Holy head crew in 1915 and he became bowman in 1930. He was appointed coxswain in 1937 and for the last 17 years held this...
Category: Obituaries
Snow White
Salcombe, Devon.—About 6.55 in the evening of the 18th of May, 1949, the Prawle Point coastguard telephoned that a small vessel 200 yards west of the point was flying her ensign upside down, and the life-boat Samuel and Marie Parkhouse was...
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II has recently taken up station at Plymouth. She a 44' Waveney class 'fast afloat' lifeboat built to a design introduced from the US Coast Guard in 1964. Her twin General Motors... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Going Going Gone a Bottle Full of Coins
Going, going, gone. A bottle full of coins and notes for the lifeboats comes under the hammer at the Lord Burleigh, Victoria, London.
Landlord Fred Bright (r.) is a keen supporter of the RNLI who always has a giant bottle... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In Addition to Receiving the Gold Badge for His Services to the Rnli In 1982 Dr Sydney Peace (R)
In addition to receiving the gold badge for his services to the RNLI in 1982, Dr Sydney Peace (r) was further honoured at a gathering of his friends and colleagues in Orkney by the presentation of a pipe tune composed for him by Pipe Major... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
High Fliers:
High fliers: Mr and Mrs Shepley of North Landing, Flamborough (pictured above), recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in supersonic style by boarding Concorde at East Midlands Airport for a trip of a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Norwegian Galliot Ship Provence
On the 28th September last the Norwegian Galliot Ship Provence ran on shore on the south side of Berwick-har- bour; the wind blowing strong from the E.N.E., and a heavy sea running at the time.
The Berwick life-boat,...
Elizabeth, of Bridgewater
On the night of the 6th March, lights were observed from Holyhead, n the neighbourhood of the Clipera Rocks.
The life-boat stationed at Holyhead was ac- cordingly launched, and proceeded to the ;pot in the face of a heavy...
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat. Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate transportation to the...
Category: Articles