LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Generous Railwaymen. Nearly £1000 Contributed By the Staffs of the L.M.S.
The staffs of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway have collected among themselves £938 15*. for the Life-boat Service. This has been done in response to a special appeal made to them by Sir Edwin Stockton, M.P., a director of the...
Category: Donations
(Below) Class Reinforced Plastic
(Below) Class reinforced plastic boats are laid up inside a mould so that a prescribed hull shape can be turned out time and again.
Each hull is laid up as a single piece of continuous material from stem to stern, with no... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Franklin Mint Limited,
HISTORIC WORLD PREMIER! THE BLACK LAB COLLECTOR'S EDITION PENKNIFE CILIJ| size of penknife is approximately 6 '/." 11 7.1 cm) IIJTII;. when H|UTI«|.
The first penknife ever created by award-winning animal...
Category: Advertisement
Photographs are notorious for reducing the apparent size of a wave - but one glance at that breaker, pictured between Teesmouth's Tyne class and the 97,000 tonne casualty, shows how truly horrendous the conditions were on 28 February.
Photographs are notorious for reducing the apparent size of a wave - but one glance at that breaker, pictured between Teesmouth's Tyne class and the 97,000 tonne casualty, shows how truly horrendous the conditions were on 28... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Experimental Motor Life-Boat
THE Committee of Management of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION have now for many years had the problem before their mind of the suc- cessful employment of a motor in a Life-boat, so as to assist by mechanical means, and thus relieve...
Category: Articles
Your Letters
Still at work I read with interest the account of the rescue off Moelfre on 26 August (THE LIFEBOAT Autumn 1993 issue).
The MFV you referred to, which took in tow the second casualty, was Manx Voyager - the ex-Watson class...
Category: Correspondence
RNLI West Country Marketing Group,
WHEN OTHERS SEEK SHELTER The first Trent Class lifeboat 'RNLB The Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma' by Christopher Southcombe The original painting, which now hangs at Broadlands, was presented by the artist to the Countess...
Category: Advertisement
Duke of Northumberland's Life-Boat Essay Competition, 1937
" Imagine that You have been Shipwrecked and Rescued by a Life-boat.
Describe Your Experiences." THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- boat Essay Competition for elementary schools has been held this year for...
Category: Articles
The RNLI and me: John Challis
As ‘Boycie’ he was a selfish yuppie keen to show his superiority – but in real life, actor John Challis is in awe of the lifeboat crews he generously supports
What’s your first...
Category: Articles
Three Medallists from Tenby
The coxswain, motor mechanic and bowman visit London to receive medals (see page 705). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs