LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Portrait of a Coxswain
Coxswain George Ernest Ellis is seen in the photograph. He has been coxswain of the Clacton-on-Sea life-boat since 26th December, 1953, and previously served as second coxswain from October, 1945, until his appointment as coxswain. He joined... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
German History
Those interested in life-boats who have a knowledge of German will find a wealth* of fascinating information in the centenary publication Seenot Opfer Siege produced for the German life-boat society to celebrate a hundred years of service...
Category: Articles
Squirrel Tales
AVAILABLE in a special memorial issue is the late Minnie Mitchelson Goodall's bright humane story, "Tales Told by a Squirrel", the royalties of which go to the Royal National Life-boat Institution. Ideal for young folk, the...
Category: Advertisement
Three Stages In the Service By the Dungeness Life-Boat In June, 1966, to the Sloop Idle Moment After She Had Spent An Anxious Night Riding Out a Storm—
Three stages in the service by the Dungeness life-boat in June, 1966, to the sloop Idle Moment after she had spent an anxious night riding out a storm—the life-boat alongside the sloop, the sloop safe in Folkestone harbour, and Coxswain T. R... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Index to Advertisers
Clarke, Chapman & Company Ltd 233 Classified Advertisements 279 Coastal Radio Ltd. 231 Cogswell & Harrison Ltd. 235 Dodson-Bull Carpet Co 229 Francis Searchlights 239 Gallaher Ltd Back cover Gardner Engines (Sales) Ltd 205 LM.B.E....
Category: Index
Plymouth: 44' Waveney Lifeboat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse Ii Lying Alongside the Yacht Roy Fra Masnedo of Falmouth After Towing the 94-Ton Ex-Baltic Trader Safe
Plymouth: 44' Waveney lifeboat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II lying alongside the yacht Roy Fra Masnedo of Falmouth, after towing the 94-ton ex-Baltic trader safely into Millbay Docks from one mile south of Burgh Island on the night... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lady Norton a Member of the Committee of Management Presented the Rnli 1977 Public Relations Awards on the Jetty of the Central Feature—Brighton Marina—On the Fir
Lady Norton, a member of the Committee of Management, presented the RNLI 1977 public relations awards on the jetty of the central feature—Brighton Marina—on the first Sunday of the show. One was to members of that staunch band of lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Helmsman; Crew
helmsman; Crew Members John Ashford, Brian Gaunter and Derek Winning were taken ashore together with a bucket stretcher (itself on trial) and an Ashford first aid pack. The best ledge from which to embark the boy was 35ft above the sea, but... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ramsey Ladies' Guild Gave a Special Party In July for Their President Mrs Ann Ritchie During Which She Was Presented With the Vellum to Mark Her Election As An Honor
Ramsey ladies' guild gave a special party in July for their president, Mrs Ann Ritchie, during which she was presented with the vellum to mark her election as an honorary life governor of the Institution. The presentation was made by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
With Great Glee and Satisfaction Three Young Lads and Their Fathers Knock Down a Pile of Coins Worth £126 Which Had Been Amassed By the Senior Ratings of Hm Subma
With great glee and satisfaction three young lads and their fathers knock down a pile of coins worth £126 which had been amassed by the senior ratings of HM Submarine Courageous for Sheerness lifeboat. Doing a grand job of demolition... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs