LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

GUESTS OF HONOUR at the annual presentation of awards meeting at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on Tuesday May 15 in this the RNLI's 160th anniversary year was Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, a Patron of the Institution....

Reviews of what’s new on the shelves this season

The storm prophet
by Hector Macdonald
Review by Carol Waterkeyn

This extraordinary novel is set...

OLD LIFEBOAT, NEW COUNTRY

Some years after I had retired as Mallaig lifeboat Coxswain/Mechanic, I discovered that my old Arun class lifeboat (pictured) had been sold to the Icelandic Rescue Service. So, after a deal of...

Royal National Life-Boat Institution.

Patroness—HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

President—THE BIGHT Hon. EARL PERCY, P.G.

THE COMMITTEE or MANAGEMENT have to state that, during...

LANCASTER CANAL gateway to the Lake District and the Dales. Luxury narrow-boats for weekly hire or 3 day one-way cruises. Day skipper facility available. For details tel: ARLEN HIRE BOATS Scottish Highlands Inverewe Garden 6 miles Small...

Friday, 16th September, 1921.

Sir GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the Chair.

Reported the death of Admiral of the Fleet, The Marquis of Milford Haven, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., and of Major Sir E. F....

and presentation of awards FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, MAY 21A BRIGHT, sunny morning; friends from all parts of Britain and Ireland gathering on the South Bank of the Thames ready for the annual general meeting and presentation of awards in this...

One of the key people at every lifeboat station is the honorary medical adviser, a local general practitioner who takes into his care the routine medical oversight of boat and crew and who, while not necessarily required by his appointment...