LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Award for Bravest Act of Lifesaving
THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life- boat crew in 1959 has been won by Coxswain Richard Evans of Moelfre for the rescue of the crew of the coaster Hindlea, which went aground in a hurricane on the...
Category: Awards
Das Wappen von Bremen
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 2nd June, 1938, the crew of seven of the German yacht Das Wappen von Bremen, were rescued by the life-boat.—Rewards: Vellum and monetary awards amounting to £20 10*. 2d., together with a letter to the Board...
French Award for Helicopter Pilot
The Societe Nationale des Hospital- iers Sauveteurs Bretons has awarded its silver medal for saving life with diploma to Sergeant E. C. Smith of the Royal Air Force for the rescue by helicopter of two of the crew of the trawler Jeanne Gougy...
Category: Awards
The R.N.L.I. Maintains a Fleet of Reserve Life-Boats, and Last Year Boats Built As Far Back As 1930, 1933, 1935 and 1939 Were Included.
The R.N.L.I. maintains a fleet of reserve life-boats, and last year boats built as far back as 1930, 1933, 1935 and 1939 were included. It is after a period in the reserve fleet that such life-boats are put up for private sale. The life-boat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Naming Ceremony of the Arun Class Duke Ofathollal Dundee on 12 May
The naming ceremony of the Arun class Duke ofAthollal Dundee on 12 May was memorable in many ways. Named in honour of The Duke of Atholl who had been the Institution's chairman for a decade up to 1989 she is also the last Arun class... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Liner Calypso (4)
Cruise liner in crisis Six lifeboats launched on 6 May 2006 to the help of The Calypso (pictured). The 135m liner and 708 passengers were 15 miles south of Beachy Head, East Sussex, when fire broke out. Tyne classes MaxAitken III from...
An Aeroplane (176)
NOVEMBER 16TH. - RUNSWICK, SCARBOROUGH, AND WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
A British bomber aeroplane had been reported down some miles out at sea, and later it was reported that another bomber was down, but nothing was found by the...
Launch of Courage on our Coasts
The work of award-winning photographer Nigel Millard is to be showcased in a new book and exhibition for the RNLI. Nigel is a volunteer crew member at Torbay Lifeboat Station and for the last 2 years he has dedicated his professional life to...
Category: Articles
The Institution's First Statement of Accounts
Statement of the Receipt and Expenditure of the Royal National Life-boat Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, to March 1, 1825.
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1825 March 1 To amount of Donations and...
Category: Accounts
Christmas Cards and Calendars
THE Institution will again have a Christmas card and a pocket calendar for sale. The card will be a reproduction in colour of the picture on this page.
The original painting by Mr. Rowland Fisher, R.O.I., S.M.A., was...
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