LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summary of Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 21st June, 1928.
SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair.
Passed a special Vote of Thanks to H.R.H.
PRINCE GEORGE for graciously visiting the Orkney Islands in order to perform...
Category: Committee
A Twenty-Mile Tow Off the Kerry Coast
AT 4.15 on the afternoon of the 13th of May, 1953, the honorary secretary of the Valentia, Co. Kerry, life-boat station heard from the Valentia radio station, that the French trawler Liber- ator, of Calmaret, had lost her propeller and...
Category: Services
Ernest and Mable at Weymouth
Ernest and Mable at Weymouth The C1.8m Severn class lifeboat has been named after the parents of the main donor, Miss Beryl Taylor of Surrey. Additional funding has been provided by a bequest from Eileen Cressy, a gift in memory of Chester... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Judging taking Place in the Birmingham Post's Children's Poster Design Competition, Organised In Association With the R.N.L.I, and the British Poster Advertising Association. Entrants, from All Parts
Judgingtaking placein The Birmingham Post's children's poster design competition, organised in association with the R.N.L.I, and the British Poster Advertising Association. Entrants, from all parts of the Midlands, were asked to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Yarmouth High and Dry
The Great Yarmouth and Gorleston life-boat rescued her crew of eleven (See page 167). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A collector’s item
The RNLI has made bold advances since its foundation in 1824. But one area that has seen little change is the double-ended lifeboat collection box (right). This iconic design, based on the pulling and sailing lifeboats of yesteryear, came to...
Category: Articles
Dungeness - Mersey Pride and Spirit
Mrs Jean Cass names the new Dungeness lifeboat Pride and Spirit (left) before her demonstration launch from the beach (right). - View image in PDF
Photos Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management
For which Rewards were given at the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Dooey, Co. Donegal.—The institution awarded its thanks inscribed on vellum and £2 to each of two men, Mr. John...
Category: Services
Ready and Waiting... Sir John Fisher Slung from Her Impressive Gantry During Her Naming Ceremony
Ready and waiting... Sir John F/s/?er slung from her impressive gantry during her naming ceremony - photo Jeff Morris. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Susan and Isabella, of Dundee
At day- break on the iJ3rd November, a schooner, the Susan and Isabella, of Dundee, laden with potatoes, was observed under Coquet Island, with signal of distress flying, Her cargo having shifted during the night. The wind was blowing hard...