LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Annual Meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 27th of October, 1948, with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Committee of Management, in the chair.

H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, President of the...

DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.—During a very heavy gale from the S.E., on the 3rd March, the brigantine Queen of the Usk, of Whitehaven, bound from Kingstown to that port, in ballast, was riding very heavily in Douglas Bay, with two anchors down and...

BARMOUTH'S NEW 37ft 6in Rother lifeboat was named Princess of Wales by the Princess on November 25 in her first engagement for the RNLI. The Princess, accompanied by Prince Charles, was given an enthusiastic welcome by the large crowds...

Freeman of the City: Coxswain ten Patten of Newhaven (centre) was admitted to the Freedom of the City of London at a ceremony at the Guildhall, London, on December 17. He was nominated by Leonard Fernee (I), a freeman and liveryman of the... - View image in PDF

The 2014 edition of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society Handbook, a comprehensive guide to the RNLI fleet past and present, is now available. Get your copy direct from the Society, priced at £6.50.

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THE Annual Meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 26th of April, 1950, with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Committee of Management, in the chair.

H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Presi- dent of the...

Since the War only three issues of THE LIFEBOAT have been published annually. Owing to the great increase in the amount of matter for publication, particularly in reports of the work of Branches, the Committee have dec ded to revert to the...

THE Institution gets many letters from West Africa, asking for its "catalogue." Here is one of the latest. It comes from the Gold Coast.

"I am very happy to write you this letter. Please, sir, I beg you to...