LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
SPRING 2016 LOTTERY RESULTS
Congratulations to Mr M King from Hampshire, who won the £5,000 first prize in our Spring
Lifeboat Lottery.
The other winners were:
2ND PRIZE: £2,000
Mr K Hope, Kent
3RD PRIZE:...
Category: Articles
Mr. and Mrs. Leaver, of the Enfield Branch
Mr. and Mrs. Leaver, of the Enfield branch of the R.N.L.I., taken at the Costermongers' Ball held on 25th September, 1969. The ball raised over £200 for the Institution. Mr.
Leaver is chairman of the local... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sue Vidal and Second Coxswain Charlie Sharrod of Hastings Lifeboat
Site Vidul and Second Co.i.swain Charlie Sharrod. of Hustings lifeboat, lake pan in Hexhill Old 'l' me Musical Society's show, organised hv the local Shoreline club at Enst Hastings Angling Club in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Yachts and Pleasure Boats Represent Almost 60% of Lifeboat Launches
Yachts and pleasure boats represent almost 60% of lifeboat launches, so these were the first target for the RNLI's Sea Safety initiative. Even the most well-found vessel can find herself in trouble, but the aim of the initiative is to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Two Landing Craft The L.B.V.33, and The L.B.V.42
JANUARY 2 4TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. About 2.30 in the afternoon the naval authorities asked, through the coastguard, for the life-boat to go to the help of two landing craft about a mile south of Shoreham. A strong southerly wind was...
Rian, of Groningen and The Dutch Minesweeper Jan Van Gelder
FEBRUARY 3RD. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. At 2.45 in the morning the coastguard reported vessels in collision three miles east-by-north of Queen’s Pier. The motor life-boat Lady Harrison was launched at 3.40. The south-westerly wind was moderate,...
The Wreck Register and Chart for 1879-80
A FEW days after the British Isles have been visited by one of the most destructive storms on record, it may not be inappro- priate to call attention to the last issue of the Wreck Register. Its pages clearly show that, along with the...
Category: Articles
Letters
Still going strong It may be of interest to some of your readers that the actual barometer featured on p. 312 of your Spring 1986 edition is still in good working order and situated in a glass panelled recess in a wall at the village of...
Category: Correspondence
A Travelling Life-Boat Tableau
A TRAVELLING waxwork exhibition has been arranged by Mr. Louis Tussaud, of the famous waxwork show, and Mr.
Tussaud has included in it a life-boat tableau. He has also kindly agreed that the Institution's collecting...
Category: Articles
Letters
The Secretary, Royal National Life-boat Institution, Life-boat House, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.I Dear Sir, Your films entitled "Ready for Service", "From Baltimore to Littlehampton" and "The Ben Barvas"...
Category: Correspondence