LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1869
1.—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION for the current year:— (vide last page for this list,) 2,—Moved by Admiral Sir GEORGE SAR- TORIUS, K.C.B.,...
Category: Meetings
'One of the Dutch Boats Described Was a Fast Rescue Launch Built at the Yards of Messrs. Vosper Thorneycroft In England, With a Speed of 28 Knots' (For More Details See Page 170).
'One of the Dutch boats described was a fast rescue launch built at the yards of Messrs. Vosper Thorneycroft in England, with a speed of 28 knots' (for more details see page 170).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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NOVEMBER 27TH. - NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. Red flares had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £42 8s..
King Ford
At 10 P.M. on the 3rd March the Coastguard received a telephone message from the Kentish Knock Light-vessel stating that a vessel was making distress signals on the Kentish Knock Sands. Within a quarter of an hour the No. 1 Life-boat Eliza...
Sea Mist
JANUARY 1ST. - POOLE AND BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET. On New Year’s Eve, at about 9.30 P.M., the coastguard notified the life-boat authorities that a boat was ashore on Christchurch Bar, but not in immediate danger. A moderate E. wind was blowing...
An Aeroplane (23)
JULY 14TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £5 1s..
Letters
Steadfast indeed I hope my comments will not throw your administration into a whirl, but being an ex-member of the Boys' Brigade and a Governor of the RNLI for many years, I was surprised to see in the latest Lifeboat that the new...
Category: Correspondence
Robert and Marcella Beck Which In a Near Gale on January 13 1942 Saved An Raaf Sunderland Flying Boat from the Rocks on to Which She Was Drifting for This Servic
Robert and Marcella Beck which, in a near gale on January 13, 1942, saved an RAAF Sunderland flying boat from the rocks on to which she was drifting. For this service Coxswain Walter Crowlher was awarded a bronze medal.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Annual General Meeting
H.R.H. PRINCESS MARINA, DUCHESS OF KENT, President of the Institution, once again attended the annual general meet- ing of the governors of the Institution at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 2nd April, 1963. The meeting was an...
Category: Meetings
Shoreline
RNLB Shoreline New members of Shoreline may not be aware that a lifeboat bearing the name of the organisation is stationed at Arbroath.
Built in 1979, RNLB Shoreline is a 37ft 6in Rother class lifeboat with a wooden hull...
Category: Articles