LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Manolito
Penlee, Cornwall.—On the afternoon of the 13th of October, 1955, the Port Medical Officer reported that a man in the S.S. Manolito, of Costa Rica, had been injured. At 4.15 the life-boat W. and S. was launched and went to Newlyn for a doctor...
Emma Sophie
O.N. 70-002 at Kirkwall - On 7th February, 1969, the life-boat Grace Paterson Ritchie saved the trawler Emma Sophie and her crew of four.
A full account of this service will appear in the September issue of THE...
New Deal Guarantees £50000 for the Rnli
The RNLI's Director Lieutenant Commander Brian Miles, left, and Ian Woolley, divisional director of Frizzell, seated, put their seal of approval on the insurance scheme which is guaranteed to raise at least £50,000 for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Happier Time:
Happier time: Rear Admiral W. J. Graham, Director of the RNLI, is pictured with some of the parents of the children who died at Land's End in 1985, after the handing over of a cheque for £52,000 in the boys' memory.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shoreline Member Sheila Donnelly
Shoreline member Sheila Donnelly hands over a turkey to Mr Slanton, the winner of the Easter draw organised b Sheila and her husband who run two shops at Childwall Fiveways and Broadgreen Hospital. Tickets, many of which were sold in the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Commander Peter Bolt
November 1995 Commander Peter Bolt RN, deputy launching authority at Dun Laoghaire form 1973 to 1982.
Peter joined the Salisbury Branch in 1982 and waselected vice chairman in 1983 until 1984, when he became chairman. Peter...
Category: Obituaries
Long Service Ladies
At the recent AGM of Anstruther lifeboat womens' guild, President Edith Clark, wife of lifeboat station's coxswain, John Clark, handed out eight long service certificates to guild members for service to the station.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Selling Like Hot Cakes
Schoolgirl Robynne Stenner cooked up a novel way of helping the lifeboats. Ten-year-old Robynne, together with her family, helped the Midsomer and Radstock branch to man the stall at the Bath and West show in May.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Salty sea dog
13 October 2011: Mallaig lifeboat crew rescued a family of four people and two dogs from a tidal island, after their dinghy had drifted away. One four-legged family member really enjoyed his trip on the Severn’s...
Category: Articles
A Christmas Pantomime 'Aladin' Performed By the Little Theatre Charity Pantomime Company Raised £2000 for Teesmouth Lifeboat Mr R E H Winterschladen Manager of the Company Toge
A Christmas pantomime, 'Aladin', performed by the Little Theatre Charity Pantomime Company raised £2,000 for Teesmouth lifeboat. Mr R. E. H. Winterschladen, manager of the company, together with members of the cast, presented... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs