LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

BARMOUTH'S NEW 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat was named Princess of Wales by the Princess on November 25 in her first engagement for the RNLI. The Princess, accompanied by Prince Charles, was given an enthusiastic welcome by the large crowds...

BEEN out in the Life-boat often ? Ay, ay, sir, oft enough.

When it's rougher than this? Lor" bless you! this ain't what we calls rough; It's when there's a gale a-blowin', and the waves run in and...

The chairman of Saintfield branch, Belfast, has written a history of the parish which is being sold in connection with the bicentenary of the re-building of its church and, as an appreciation of his work, the Select Vestry has given £50...

Hats off for the medallists! Pictured on hoard Galway Ba lifeboat Roy and Barbara Harding before this year's annual presentation of awards are those who received medals from HRH the Duchess of Kent. Left to right: John Pavill, Stephen... - View image in PDF

IT will be within the recollection of our readers, that in May 1913 we had the pleasure of announcing that His Majesty the King of Norway had graciously given a monetary reward to be divided among the crew of the Skegness Lifeboat, for their...

The Humber, Yorkshire.—While returning to Hull after a visit to Spurn on the 23rd July, the small sailing yacht Pinta, of Hull, manned by five sea scouts, was forced to put back by a rising wind. The sea was moderate, but a fresh westerly...

IN 1947 the Princess Elizabeth sent the Institution £180, the balance of her wedding present from Kimberley.

At the beginning of 1948 her wedding dress was displayed in Edinburgh.

The Lord Provost...

Dungeness, Kent. At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 24th of October, 1958, the coastguard at Lade informed the honorary secretary that wreckage of an aircraft had been seen four miles south of Varne lightvessel. At 12.50 the life- boat Charles...