LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Front Cover
Front Cover Arranmore's new Severn class, Myrtle Maud, (ON1244) shows off her new livery during trials. Inset: Cromer Coxswain Richard Davies, carries the RNLI colours at the Festival of Remembrance in November joined by Director Andrew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Inverpool
Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. — On Sunday, the 3rd of December, 1950, the S.S. Inverpool, of London, a tanker of 600 tons laden with oil fuel, ran on a sandbank on the south side of the River Ribble. At 4.4 in the afternoon the Formby...
The Danish Steamer Marianne Toft, of Copenhagen
SEPTEMBER 12TH. - PORT ERIN, AND PEEL, ISLE OF MAN. The Danish steamer Marianne Toft of Copenhagen, had sunk after collision with another vessel. Twelve of her crew landed in a ship’s boat, but ten others in another boat could not be found.-...
Obituary: His Grace the Duke of Atholl
His Grace The Duke of Atholl As this issue of the Lifeboat was going to press we learned with great sadness of the death on 27 February 1996 of His Grace The Duke of Atholl, a tireless supporter of the Institution for almost 40...
Category: Obituaries
By Courtesy of Francois Martin and League of Red Cross Societies
Lieutenant David Stogdon, Staff Inspector (inshore rescue boats), seated by IRB engine during the relief operations in East Pakistan. With him (centre) is Mr. - View image in PDF
Chowdhury, Aga Khan Ranger Scout.. - View image in PDF
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The Queen: Patron of the Institution
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give her patron- age to the Institution. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who has been a patron since 1937, and Her Majesty Queen Mary, who has been a patron since 1911,...
Category: Articles
The Sailing Barge Lord Churchill, of Faversham
Margate, Kent.—At 12.30 P.M. on the 5th December, 1937, information was received that a barge flying a distress signal had been seen by the coastguard about three miles east of Reculvers.
The motor life-boat Lord...
Whitby's 44Ft Waveney Lifeboat the White Rose of Yorkshire
Whitby's 44ft Waveney lifeboat The White Rose of Yorkshire at sea for the Tyne Tees TV current affairs programme 'Briefing' on the amalgamated Tyne Tees Coastguard area. The programme was screened during the first week in... - View image in PDF
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The Unbeliever
THE following letter, written by Mrs.
Eileen I. McCormick of 5 Craighillgrove, Clarkston, Glasgow, was published by the Scottish Sunday Express on the 31st of May, 1959, and is reproduced by kind permission of the editor:...
Category: Correspondence
One Thousand Pairs of Odd Sized Shoes Raised About £2000 for the Wolverhampton Branch a Local Shoe Dealer Very Kindly Donated 2000 New But Odd Sized Shoes
One thousand pairs of odd sized shoes raised about £2,000 for the Wolverhampton branch. A local shoe dealer very kindly donated 2,000 new, but odd sized shoes. The branch made up 1,000 pairs of shoes within a size of each other. Prices... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs