LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Members of the Midlands Area Branch of the British Caravanners Club
Members of the Midlands area branch of the British Caravanners Club elect a different charity each year to benefit from its bottle fund. In 1985 the RNLI was chosen and members donated £173; included in this amount was £73.80... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Trip In the Walmer Life-Boat
(This article appeared in Home Chat on the 29th of August, 1953.
It is reproduced by the courtesy of the editor.) THREE or four years ago, in the course of a television programme transmitted one summer's evening...
Category: Articles
The Eyemouth Motor Fishing Boat Spes Bona (1)
MARCH 13TH. - ST. ABBS, and EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE. The Royal Observer Corps saw signals of distress and reported them to the police, who informed the St. Abbs Life-boat station at 2.30 in the afternoon. A whole northerly gale was blowing,...
News from the Branches
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS.
SINCE the " Centenary Celebrations " Number of The Lifeboat appeared in November last a number of other cele- brations have been held.
Cumberland.
A...
Category: Branches
The Duke of Kent's Presidential Address
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 145 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 17 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to 15th June, 1939 66,237 The Duke of Kent's Presidential Address A Record Year.<...
Category: Meetings
The Danish Brigantine Andreas
BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.—The Danish brigantine Andreas, on her passage from Dunkirk to the Tyne, in ballast, ran ashore on Roker Rocks, North Blyth, during thick weather, at 5 o'clock on the morning of the 15th December. . The No. 2...
The Aith Hope Longhope) Life-Boat Crew
To the Coxswain and Crew of the Aith Hope Life-boat Samyntas Stannak, I respectfully dedicate these simple verses for their noble work on the iight of the 31st October. It 98, in connection with the disabled steamer Manchester City, during a...
Category: Poetry
This Is Not the Start of the Tall Ships Race But the Excitement
This is not the start of the tall ships race but the excitement and competition felt at the start of the Pimlico Boat Race was comparable with it. Thirty-six 'boats' took part, each with a sponsored crew of four who raced their way... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mrs Ann Ritchie In Company With Major-General Ralph Farrant Comes Aboard Arun Class Lifeboat 54-06 the Gough Ritchie for Which She Is Providing the Funds to Be Wel
Mrs Ann Ritchie, in company with Major-General Ralph Farrant, comes aboard Arun class lifeboat 54-06, The Gough Ritchie, for which she is providing the funds, to be welcomed by the builder, William Osborne (r). The Gough Ritchie, which will... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Marquis of Normanby
The Marquis of Normanby was elected to the Committee of Management in 1972. He became a Vice President in 1984 and was elected Life Vice President in 1987..
Category: Obituaries