LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Duke of Sparta
St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. — About 11.40 in the morning of the 19th of April, 1948, the coastguard reported that the s.s. Duke of Sparta had wire- lessed that she was on the Seven Stones Rocks. A later message said that she was making...
Chemring Plc
The Chemring SC4 Radar Corner Reflector Developed in conjunction with the RNLI and adopted by RNLI exclusively (Stores ref D1/3016) for use on their high performance Lifeboats in both inshore and offshore waters.
Royal...
Category: Advertisement
Eight Lloyds Bank Staff from Petersfield Branch Their Friends and Customers Together With An East Hampshire Post
Eight Lloyds Bank staff from Petersfield branch, their friends and customers together with an East Hampshire Post reporter made a sponsored parachute jump last April.
The adventurous group, who raised £750 for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Steamer
26th July. A steamer making for Dover was seen to have flames coming from her funnel, but she did not need help.—Rewards, £3 15s..
New Scottish, Irish and English Life-Boats
NEW life-boats in Scotland, Ireland and England—at Longhope in the Orkneys, at Howth in the Irish Republic, and at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset—were named during the last quarter.
The money to build the Longhope life-boat...
Category: Inaugurations
Changing Times
Debut of the Mersey fast carriage boatThe RNLl's latest class of lifeboat was named the Mersey when the new, fast carriage-launched lifeboat was unveiled at a special press launch at Hastings lifeboat station on 14...
Category: Articles
The Annual Meeting
THE annual meeting was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on the 14th of March, 1956, with Lord Howe, Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Management, in the chair.
H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, Presi- dent of the...
Category: Meetings
Rising to the challenge
January’s storms called our volunteers into action in hazardous conditions that pushed our people and craft to their limits
The New Year had hardly begun when Penlee and The Lizard lifeboat...
Category: Articles
(Left) Aboard After Her Naming Ceremony
(Left) aboard after her naming ceremony are (I) Mr Charles Hunter, who handed over the lifeboat to the RNLl and named her, and his wife (r of centre group). With them are their son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs Miller, their son and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (115)
SEPTEMBER 1ST. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
At 5.45 A.M. the naval author-ities at Cromer asked for the life-boat to go out, as an aeroplane was in the sea between Sheringham and Blakeney. A light westerly wind was blowing, the...