LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lionel Lukin,
Above: Lionel Lukin, 'the original inventor of that principle of safety'. Below: 'Unimmergible boats' - Lukin's 1806 patent relating to the forerunner of the modern lifeboat..
Category: Drawings
Bevan Bear
Bevan Bear, the Humber lifeboat appeal's mascot visits the children of the Froebelian School in Horsforth, Leeds. Photo Yorkshire Evening Post. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Branching Out
Thousands of hard working branches and guilds not only celebrated the anniversary on the day but also used the opportunity to raise some cash.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Sarah Hamley,
Mrs Sarah Hamley, honorary treasurer of the Back of The Wight branch since 1991. Sarah has been a member of the branch since 1989..
Category: Obituaries
Llandudno Lifeboat Station (Right)
Crossiown traffic - Llandudno lifeboat station can be seen in the centre of the anel photograph (right) blending in with the town houses. - View image in PDF
Photo: Hunting Aerofilms - RNLI. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An R.A.F. Spitfire Aeroplane
MARCH 1ST . - WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. An R.A.F. Spitfire aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the pilot was rescued by a trawler and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £6 13s..
NEW LIFEBOAT FUND EBOOK
APS Group (Scotland) Ltd has launched an eBook in aid of The Lifeboat Fund. The book commemorates the Eyemouth disaster that killed over 180 fishermen in 1881 – see: thelifeboatfund.publishingthefuture.info
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (70)
SEPTEMBER 5TH. - TOBEMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE. An aeroplane had been reported down off the Island of Tiree, but the life-boat only found the airman’s boot.- Rewards, £6 13s
An Aeroplane (2)
The Humber, Yorkshire. — 27th October, 1939. An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea but the life-boat found nothing.— Permanent paid crew: Rewards, 9s.
Fishing Boats (6)
DECEMBER 2ND. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At 11A.M. the crew assembled for an exercise, but as a strong N.N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and some fishing boats were out the launch was delayed and the crew stood by. Incoming trawlers...