LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Marion and Coastal Star
Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 27th of October, 1960, a strong easterly wind was blowing and there was a rough sea. The tide was ebbing. As conditions at the harbour entrance were becoming worse and two local fishing...
The Medallists (From Front I to R) Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan (First Row) Motor Mechanic Bill Sayers Assistant Mechanic Ronald Sayers Crew Member Mi
The Medallists (from front, I. to r.) Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan. (First row) Motor Mechanic Bill Sayers, Assistant Mechanic Ronald Sayers, Crew Member Michael Storey and Crew Member Peter Jordan, Humber. (Second row) Second... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
French and Belgian Life-Boats In the British Fleet.
A French life-boat, which escaped from France at the end of June 1940 and arrived at an English port, with her coxswain, motor mechanic and French refugees on board, has been taken over by the Institution for the war.
She...
Category: Articles
Inspired By Winter Gales and Accounts of Shipwrecks at Sea the Children of Whittington Oval Junior School Stechford Birmingham Decided to Help the Rnli and Collected
Inspired by winter gales and accounts of shipwrecks at sea, the children of Whittington Oval Junior School, Stechford, Birmingham, decided to help the RNLI and collected £281 entirely on their own initiative. Ideas included sponsored... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
June
breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea and rain. The life-boat made for the position given, W. by S. 1/4S., 36 1/4 miles from Porthdinllaen Point. It was very difficult to see in the continuous rain and, when at midnight the life-boat...
Category: Services
The Author Wearing Rnli Visor and Helmet In the Working Section of the Wind Tunnel During These Tests With Wind and Spray Travelling at 50 Knots and the Ambient Temperat
The author wearing RNLI visor and helmet in the working section of the wind tunnel.
During these tests, with wind and spray travelling at 50 knots and the ambient temperature down near freezing, conditions were unpleasant... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Aldeburgh of Long Ago
[These extracts are from Dame Millicent Fawcett's book of reminiscences, " What I Remember," which were published (12*. 6d. net) last autumn. They are made by her kind permission, and that of her publishers, Messrs. T. Fisher...
Category: Articles
Fundraising
RNLI staff, crew and volunteers spent an exhausting weekend in Newcastle from 20-22 June, representing the RNLI at the 10th UK and Ireland Corporate GamesAgainst tough competition, the RNLI has been appointed the official charity of the UK...
Category: Articles
The RNLI and me: Dave Myers
He’s cooked around the world and applied make-up to Hollywood stars – but Hairy Biker Dave Myers never forgets his roots in a small lifeboating community
What’s your first memory...
Category: Articles
English and Scottish Life-Boatmen
English and Scottish Life-Boatmen. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs