LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Abstract of the Wreck Register for 1876-77
TYRELLA, Co. DOWN.—On the 13th April, at about 7 A.M., the brigantine Cygnet, bound from Silloth to Dundalk, with a cargo of coal, was driven ashore in Dandrum Bay during a strong S.E. gate.
The Memorial Life-boat put off...
Category: Articles
New Ways of Raising Money
Collecting house flags of various shipping lines is the hobby of Mr. C. M. Pope, who lives near Sherborne in Dorset. For each flag received he sends a contribution to the R.N.L.I., this "consideration money" amounting to an average...
Category: Donations
Some Ways of Raising Money
An analysis of the first total raised by Queensferry ladies' guild in the year 1981/82 makes interesting reading. Of the total £1,800, well over £100 was made from each of the following events; a country dance, a cheese and...
Category: Articles
Give it a go: Coastal birdwatching
As nesting season begins this month, RSPB Warden Paul Morrison shares some of the winged wonders along our coastlines
No one sets foot on Coquet Island, just off the Northumberland coast, except a lucky team who live in...
Category: Articles
Annual Report. 1911
AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall, on Thursday, the 16th day of March, 1911, The Eight Honourable the EARL OF DERBY, G.C.V.O., G.B., in the...
Category: Annual Reports
Special Trust Funds Income Account, 1900
To TRANSFERS TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT (see p. 35) £. . d. £.. ,. d.
Blake Life-boat Maintenance Fond.........40 10 - Dnnnett Widows and Orphans Fond.........115 - 1 Reardon Samaritan...
Category: Accounts
H.M. Tug Fairplay II
MARCH 2ND. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
At 11 A.M. it was reported that H.M. Tug Fairplay II had stranded on the West Salt Scar Rock, near Redcar. At 11.45 A.M. the motor life-boat Louisa Polden was launched.
The...
In Support of the Mountbatten of Burma Appeal D Flight of Wrap Training Squadron Raf Hereford Who Had Taken Part In the Earl's Funeral Service Presented a Cheque to Glyn Williams Dos
In support of the Mountbatten of Burma appeal, D flight of WRAP Training Squadron, RAF Hereford, who had taken part in the Earl's funeral service, presented a cheque to Glyn Williams, DOS Wales, on the day of their passing out parade;... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mr David F Aubrey Honorary Secretary of the Port Talbot Ilb Station Writes: "The Mayor on December 8 1972 Invited the Crew for Tea In His Parlour
Mr David F. Aubrey, honorary secretary of the Port Talbot ILB station, writes: "The Mayor on December 8, 1972, invited the crew for tea in his parlour, and during the afternoon lie agreed to sign up for Shoreline and gave the project... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Princess Marina Duchess of Kent at the Naming Ceremony In 1966 of the Life-Boat Charles H Barrett
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, at the naming ceremony in 1966 of the life-boat Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35). Here, smiling, she is shown presenting a box of chocolates to 4-year-old Alison Catherine Gibb who had just... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs